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(excerpts from the book: Introvert Advantage, HOw to Thrive in an Extrovert World, by Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D.)

Introverts tend to:

Keep energy, enthusiasm, and excitement to themselves and share only with those they know very well. Hesitate before sharing parsonal information with others.

Need time to think before responding. Need time to reflect before reacting to outside events.

Prefer communicating one-to-one.

Need to be drawn out or invited to speak, and may prefer written to verbal communication.

May occasionally think they told you something they didn’t (they’re always going over things in their head).

Extroverts tend to:

Share their energy, excitement, and enthusiasm with almost anyone in the vicinity.

Respond quickly to questions and outward events.

Share personal information easily.

Communicate one to one or in groups with equal ease and enjoyment.

Think out loud, interacting with others, and, in the porcess, reach their conclusions. In addition they often don’t give others a chance to speak and don’t always attach tremendous meaning to what they say.

Prefer face-to-face, oral communication over written communication.

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.  Robert McCloskey