Do we really give introverts a hard time?
29 Mar 2012 1 Comment
in Blogs from other people, My Training Updates Tags: extraverrts, Extraversion and introversion, intoverts
I have posted on here several times about introverts and extroverts and came across this on the BBC website BBC News – Do we really 
give introverts a hard time?.
Apart from the general lack of understanding of what introverts are and what makes them tick I was astounded to read that apparently all introverts secretly want to be extroverts – a statement that really could only have been by someone who a) doesn’t really understand the concept and b) is a complete extrovert!
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Goals, goals and more goals!
21 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
in My Training Updates Tags: Bench press, Extraversion and introversion, fitness, goal setting, Level 3 Personal Trainer, motivation, NLP, Push Up, weight loss
Following my Homer Simpson light bulb moment last week I have been doing some serious thought about what my fitness or gym based goals should be. I seem to have given myself a whole load of other goals that I am happy with even though I know the workload will be intense, I also know that the sense of achievement as I tick each one off will be worth it;
- Pass my L2 PT accreditation exams
- Pass my L3 PT exams
- Complete my NLP Practitioner course
- Complete marketing and branding for new business
- Develop website with on-line library or resources for clients
- Start actually seeing clients
- Develop NLP therapy business as a complement to PT
- Complete NLP Master Practitioner course
- Develop my own coaching and training materials for NLP courses
So, given that I already have my hands full why on earth do I need to give myself the added pressure of developing another set of goals as well? Well, as a self-confessed introvert (see my post entitled Are you an introvert or and extrovert?) I am results driven and goal oriented – what makes me happy is seeing results, achieving things and given the level of dissatisfaction I have despite how much I have achieved this year, being clearer on what I really want can only a good thing!
In that case, what do I REALLY REALLY want to have achieved in fitness and/or weight loss in 12 months time – what is the real honest answer to that one? What would make me happy? What would make me proud and satisfied at my accomplishments?
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Are you an introvert or an extrovert…?
08 Feb 2012 Leave a Comment
in Blogs from other people, Information Tags: Dorothy Rowe, Extraversion and introversion, Friends and Enemies, relationships
Last year I was introduced to the works of Dorothy Rowe, the Australian Psychologist and writer who has written widely including on human relationships. The first book I read was “Friends and Enemies” a great book which explains why we all need good relationships with people who we love and who love us as well as bad relationships with people we imagine hate us.
It was in this book that I first discovered the term Introvert and Extrovert and I knew instinctively that I was an Introvert – “the state of or tendency toward being wholly or predominantly concerned with and interested in one’s own mental life” as opposed to an Extrovert “the act, state, or habit of being predominantly concerned with and obtaining gratification from what is outside the self”.
In last Saturday’s Guardian there was a great article which relates this so much better than I can and explains so much of why the things that irritate me, irritate me! I hate open plan offices, brain storming sessions, team building, team bonding, group presentations which achieve nothing and my pet hate, organised team outings – now at least I understand that I’m just not weird I simply work with a bunch of extroverts.
I would also recommend the original article referenced Caring for your Introvert which makes a great deal of sense. So, which one are you?
