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Quiet - the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking…
Quiet - the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking
History
Culture of Character
Ideal self: serious, disciplined and honourable
:male-farmer: Based on agricultural society
Culture of Personality
:cityscape: Evolved with industrialisation: agricultural society to urbanised society
"Having a good personality" became widespread in 20th century
:school: Universities
Harvard (1940s) students should be "healthy extrovert kind", not "intellectually over-stimulated",
Yale (1950s) students should not be "highly specialised intellectual, but a well-rounded man"
:silhouettes: New Groupthink
Currently dominates schools, offices, businesses, internet (Wikipedia etc.), ...
Groupwork is better than individual work, based on extrovert ideal
Negative for introverts
Culture
:world_map: Extroverts more prevalent in Europe/America,
less in Asia/Africa
"Emigrants more extrovert - population of extrovert in Eu/Am"
East Asian:
Curriculum emphasises: listening, writing, reading, and memorizarion. Talking is not in focused (or discouraged)
China
Shy
More sought after playmates
Often considered for leadership roles
Prefer: Humble, altruistic, honest, hardworking
While in Canada: cheerful, enthustiastic, sociable
Talking is for communicating need-to-know information; quiet/introspection are signs of deep thought and higher truth
Be careful of cultural stereotyping!
Leadership
High group performance if:
Introverts leads proactive employees
Extrovert leads passive employees
"Giant personalities don't transform companies. We need people who build not their own ego but the institution they run"
Introverts
Listens > speaks
More likely to hear and implement ideas
Extroverts
Speaks > Listens
More likely to loose good ideas of employees
Power
Extroverts get control of capital/institutions/power.
Introverts (cautious) are pushed aside
Feedback
Longer processing --> more likely to learn from it
:female-factory-worker: Productivity
Good influence at work
Privacy
Personal space
Control over physical environment
Freedom from interruption
Bad influence
Multitasking
Open-plan offices
Interruption
Increased group size
Brainstorming failure
Evaluation apprehension (fear of looking stupid)
Social loafing (slackers)
Production blocking (only one can talk/produce at a time)
Problem solving
Introverts think more carefully
Extroverts trade accuracy for speed
Time or social pressure: extroverts do best
Equally intelligent
Biology
Reward-sensitive
Highly: extroverts
More active dopamine pathways.
Greater economic and political ambitions.
Low: introvert
Less active dopamine pathway
Introverts often highly sensitive
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