tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post8587991128433360017..comments2024-03-23T17:56:49.446-04:00Comments on Pain, Pain, Go Away!: Introverts, Fly your ColorsLori Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-73727576497554229662012-02-06T02:10:32.481-05:002012-02-06T02:10:32.481-05:00As we used to say here, there's a good reason ...As we used to say here, there's a good reason people have two ears and one mouth.<br /><br />Even extroverts need to shut the door to get some work done sometimes. I've been reading "Where Good Ideas Come From" by Steven Johnson, and he writes that some companies tried eliminating all cubicle walls and even assigned desks. Result: chaos. The idea was to encourage the flow of ideas--but IME, 99.9% of the chatter is going to be nothing but idle, distracting small talk. Better to have some private workstations and some public areas to build the puzzle pieces, and then put them together.Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-84526987889203349422012-02-05T20:43:02.987-05:002012-02-05T20:43:02.987-05:00The author of “Quiet” is an admitted introvert. Sh...The author of “Quiet” is an admitted introvert. She did a wonderful job countering misconceptions about introversion. As an introvert myself I have always felt inferior at school and work compared to my very talkative and outgoing peers. Introverts are not people with a personality flaw. They are people who recharge their batteries by being alone while extroverts recharge theirs by socializing. Introverts are thinkers, sensitive, serious, thoughtful, and reserved people. While they appear quiet and repelling, their minds are actually racing with creative ideas and planning their next exciting project rather than wasting time with idle small talk.Italiahttp://dpurposeofruning.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-85815579293023391372012-02-02T10:31:29.792-05:002012-02-02T10:31:29.792-05:00That's still a popular book--on 2 of 13 availa...That's still a popular book--on 2 of 13 available in the Denver Public Library system.<br /><br />I recently read that the latest thing is hotels and resorts with no TV and no internet access--just wonderful quiet.Lori Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612141535162268390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1844428295541303197.post-32014416616084296842012-02-01T21:32:42.804-05:002012-02-01T21:32:42.804-05:00You may also want to check "The Highly Sensit...You may also want to check "The Highly Sensitive Person" by Dr. Elaine Aron. She posits that introversion and high sensitivity are two separate but often correlated traits, and she also talks about highly sensitive people processing stuff in their brains differently than non-highly sensitive people. <br /><br />I recently moved from a house where the TV was on all the time, to a place filled with blessed silence. I feel like I am rediscovering myself. I need my silence and my solitude.Angelhttp://www.divinemind.biz/blog/noreply@blogger.com