Now I think there's a fair bit of misunderstanding around what an introvert or extrovert actually is.
And while introverts are most often portrayed as being shy and awkward, and extroverts as being charismatic and sociable.
It isn't always the case.
To give an example. Most people think that stand-up comedians are all super extroverted because they go on stage in front of a whole crowd.
But in practice most of their time is spent writing, not performing.
Even someone as famous as Louis C. K. Has called himself an introvert, Despite the fact that he's performed in front of, what, a dozen women?
So what does being introverted or extroverted actually mean?
And the first thing is that you're not entirely one or the other.
You're somewhere on a normal distribution, or bell curve that runs from total introversion on one side to total extraversion on the other side, Which means almost everyone is actually around the middle.
You might have heard some people in this category called themselves ambiverted.
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