You're a what? I am an introvert.

By Lloyd Bailey

"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is." -Erasmus


Hi Friend, I am Lloyd. I am an introvert(innie).

Have you always been an introvert?

Yes, I was born this way. Though, I just learn recently that I am one; an innie more then an outie(extorvert). I understand better who I am, why I am, and I am willing to be me. It is not only OK, it's great to be an introvert, an innie. Thanks Marti.

Similar to being left handed or right handed, we have the two basic core temperments of introvert and extrovert. We would normally develope the domininate temperment first. We can develope both sides given the opportunity and encouragement and you should develope both the introversion and extroversion. Under stress or being tired, you will fall back to your most dominate temperment.

Similarly, there are more right handed people then left, introverted people are vastly out number by extroverts. Introverts are misunderstood, ignored, made fun of, teased, thought down upon and de-socialized by society. Society looks up to and deeply admires, etc., extroverted people and thinks everyone needs to be one in order to succeed in life.

Innie(introvert) List from http://www.theintrovertadvantage.com/being.html to name a few:

Famous Innies
Actress
Joan Allen, actress Candice Bergen, actress, writer, photographer Ingrid Bergman, actress Ellen Burstyn, actress Glenn Close, actress Audrey Hepburn, actress Helen Hunt, actress Diane Keaton, actress Grace Kelly, actress Jessica Lange, actress Laura Linney, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, actress Michelle Pfeiffer, actress Julia Roberts, actress Meg Ryan, actress Meryl Streep, actress
Actors
Clint Eastwood, actor/director Harrison Ford, actor Tom Hanks, actor Sir Alfred Hitchcock, film director Jack Lemmon, late actor Bill Macy, actor Steve Martin, all around talented guy Noah Wiley, actor
Singers
Christina Aguilera, singer Enya, Irish pop singer and musician
Innie Writers & Artists
Emily Dickinson, poet Katharine Graham, late owner of the Washington Post, author and DC hostess Bill Keane, cartoonist Gary Larson, cartoonist Lois Lowery, author Monet, impressionist painter Norman Rockwell, painter Will Rogers, humorist SARK, writer and vigorous napper Charles Schultz, Peanuts cartoonist Neil Simon, playwright James Thurber, writer Gary Trudeau, cartoonist Mark Twain, humorist and author Elie Wiesel, author Eudora Welty, writer
Televison Hosts
Johnny Carson, former Tonight Show host Jane Clayson, host of CBS Morning Show Matt Lauer, co-host on the Today Show David Letterman, host of the David Letterman Show Diane Sawyer, co-host of ABC’s Good Morning America Barbara Walters, host of 20/20 and
Scientific Innies
Alfred Adler, psychoanalyst Albert Einstein, physicist Thomas Edison, inventor Jane Goodall, naturalist Carl Jung, Swiss psychoanalyst
Innie Characters
Harry Potter, young wizard from the popular book Jane Eyre, governess in book of the same name Jonas, in The Giver Dr. Katz, professional therapist, animated cable TV show Ensign Pulver, in Mr. Roberts Beth and Jo, sisters in Little Women Wendy in Peter Pan Ashley and Malanie Wilkes, in Gone With the Wind Jon Luc Picard and Counselor Troi on Star Trek Atticus Finch, in To Kill A Mockingbird
Political Innies
Nicholas II, last Tsar of Russia, great family man--out to lunch on the job Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former first lady Laura Bush, first lady William, Prince of Wales Abraham Lincoln, 16th president Al Gore, former vice president Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president

"Children are not things to be molded, but are people to be unfolded." - Jess Lair

How about you?

To Life!

I suggest reading: "The Introvert Advantage" by Marti Olsen Laney,Psy.D.