Society places a great deal of value on its loud, aggressive extroverts, those "larger than life" folks with dazzling smiles, and high energy persona's that scream LOOK AT ME!! Regardless of their productivity levels, they frequently get promoted at work over their more reserved coworkers, and promoted in the media as the standard by which everyone else should aspire to. However-
-what does society do with the quiet introverts, those 20-30% who would rather spend Saturday nights at home with a book, chessboard, listening to music, or writing in a journal rather than going to a loud party? Today quiet introversion is frequently looked upon as a borderline personality disorder. These people are planners, thinkers, and frequently hard workers. "Substance over image" is their motto, which brings up an interesting question:
How has society gone from valuing Personality over Character without realizing that we have sacrificed something valuable along the way?
@mchill saidWell said!
Society places a great deal of value on its loud, aggressive extroverts, those "larger than life" folks with dazzling smiles, and high energy persona's that scream LOOK AT ME!! Regardless of their productivity levels, they frequently get promoted at work over their more reserved coworkers, and promoted in the media as the standard by which everyone else should aspire to. Howev ...[text shortened]... rsonality over Character without realizing that we have sacrificed something valuable along the way?
You have no reason to answer to anyone on what you believe.
-VR
@mchill saidSHY INTROVERTS SHOULD BE LINED UP AND SHOT !! USELESS DROSS THEY BE !!
Society places a great deal of value on its loud, aggressive extroverts, those "larger than life" folks with dazzling smiles, and high energy persona's that scream LOOK AT ME!! Regardless of their productivity levels, they frequently get promoted at work over their more reserved coworkers, and promoted in the media as the standard by which everyone else should aspire to. Howev ...[text shortened]... rsonality over Character without realizing that we have sacrificed something valuable along the way?
@very-rusty saidHe put his thoughts in a public forum and asked people to comment.
Well said!
You have no reason to answer to anyone on what you believe.
-VR
-Removed-This is what happens when you have such a boring life that you must sit around nitpicking other people that you simply refuse to believe have more exciting lives than you.
Just go enjoy your own life, however plain it might be, without dumping on everyone else, calling them liars (contrived, anyone?), just for having a life you find difficult to imagine. This is one of your worst traits here that you let out of the box far too often.
@mchill saidI blame Orange Julius. People are often very shallow, especially if they see there's something in it for them.
Society places a great deal of value on its loud, aggressive extroverts, those "larger than life" folks with dazzling smiles, and high energy persona's that scream LOOK AT ME!! Regardless of their productivity levels, they frequently get promoted at work over their more reserved coworkers, and promoted in the media as the standard by which everyone else should aspire to. Howev ...[text shortened]... rsonality over Character without realizing that we have sacrificed something valuable along the way?
That may not even be the case, it's all about their perception, flawed as it may be.
@suzianne saidI agree with you suzianne, I don't know if I told you this before in the public forum, but you are one of the few people I'd like to meet up with in person. I believe my better half and you would hit it off right away.
I blame Orange Julius. People are often very shallow, especially if they see there's something in it for them.
That may not even be the case, it's all about their perception, flawed as it may be.
-VR
@mchill saidYours. Many still live in backward societies.
Society places a great deal of value on its loud, aggressive extroverts, those "larger than life" folks with dazzling smiles, and high energy persona's that scream LOOK AT ME!! Regardless of their productivity levels, they frequently get promoted at work over their more reserved coworkers, and promoted in the media as the standard by which everyone else should aspire to. Howev ...[text shortened]... rsonality over Character without realizing that we have sacrificed something valuable along the way?