“differently social”
Many people believe that introversion is about being antisocial, and that’s really a misperception. Because actually it’s just that introverts are differently social. So they would prefer to have a glass of wine with a close friend as opposed to going to a loud party full of strangers.
That’s one of the money quotes from a recent NPR interview with author Susan Caine, who recently wrote a book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, which is one of the better descriptions of the difference between the extremes of the introvert-extrovert spectrum.
“Differently Social”. I like that. I think that phrase may have just sold a book, though I expect there probably aren’t many ideas in it that would be particularly new to me. As some of you know, I think about this. A lot.
Still, occasional repetition is useful at getting audiences to internalize ideas. And this is one of those ideas I wish a lot more people would understand.
