Have you ever thought you could tell what a person was like just from a superficial impression of them? You might have been under the influence of the halo effect. This term refers to a tendency of people to make global evaluations of people they don’t know based on specific…
Social gatherings, in general, are not an introvert’s strong point at the best of times, but there are certain ones that prove more intolerable than others. 1. Office Parties An office ‘party’ is an introvert’s living nightmare: one of those social gatherings that are inextricably linked with your survival. There’s no…
Some classic novels offer such extraordinary insight into the weaknesses of modern western civilization that they seem almost prophetic. 1. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The picture of Dorian Gray is the first on my list of classic novels. True, it's not quite a sci-fi dystopia, but it offers…
The INFP personality type, one of the 16 personality types described by the Myers-Briggs personality test, is one of the rarer personality types, found in 4% of the population. This personality is often called ‘the idealist’ or ‘the mediator’ and is characterized by a preference for introversion over extroversion, intuition…
When we think of introverts, we don’t generally think of special talents. Skills and talents are usually the realm of the extrovert. If we’re going to be honest, being an introvert in an extrovert’s world has a number of crippling disadvantages. Life is spent trying to justify an explain away…
How can there be such a thing as an outgoing introvert? That’s absurd, right? Introversion and extroversion are terms popularized by Carl Jung to describe the different ways in which people direct their attention. Introverted people focus their attention inward toward inner stimuli, whereas extroverted people are more focused on…
Do you suspect that you're more intelligent than most people, while others assume that you're dumb or slow because of a lack of social skills? It can be really frustrating when people think there's something deficient about you because you're not as glib and superficially quick-witted as they are. You're…
It’s said that school is a microcosm of society. A society that elevates stupidity will have a school system that creates stupid kids. Schools should prepare adults for entry into adult society. And that’s precisely what it does. The school system as we know it in the West prepares children…
