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Introvert Power : Laurie Helgoe :
You’re expected to drop out of the work force once you have children. I enjoy doing things. Retreats are also almost impossible for some people, due to time and money constraints.
This seems too personalized and metaphoric for me to connect with it. May like being single. And wors I owe a ton of thank-yous to the author, Laurie Helgoe. To an extrovert, curling up at home alone with a cup of tea and a book sounds like a horrible friday night.
I placed myself in a position where I could connect with who people really were and get to talk about books.
lakrie I love solitude, being alone with my thoughts is the perfect way to spend my evening. So many spot on assertions about introversion – what it is and what it isn’t. The book is well written and the subject matter is easy to understand. And then along came this book and it has given me hope and many reasons to celebrate my true introverted nature. Well,although i like to believe those assumptions, but most of them are not true.
No wonder I piwer a bookshop now closed, unfortunately. Their ideal world is some sorts of by themselves vacations where they meditate and write and don’t talk to anyone.
AND, it is so true, that you are NEVER too old to learn and introbert new things that will explain your many questions and forever change your outlook. Our culture, however, is geared toward the extrovert.
Considering I read this in one sitting shortly after being accepted for the galley, I devoured this book. To an introvert, it may be so much fun!
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this is the best nonfiction book I have ever read. Nov 14, Karen rated it it was amazing Shelves: Well, I do wear glasses, but that’s pretty much it. It’s one I would highly recommend on the subject helgooe. Description “Vivid and engaging.
Learn more about Amazon Prime. I can’t begin to explain how throughly and utterly she gets it. I am SO very happy that Laurie Helgoe, wrote this beautiful book. Most of all, it gives you permission to enjoy quiet time and if you are introverted, to learn how to thrive instead of just co-exist with all of the noise of modern introert. I’ll huddle in the corner, talking to the one or two people I know, counting down the time til I can leave.
In these special cases, faking it until you make it may work. Add both to Cart Add both to List. Mar 10, Gloria rated it it was amazing.
It’s like the author has been living inside my head for my entire life. I found myself scanning pages rather than reading.
It is ontrovert that you are born with, not something that you chose to do. Helgoe also talks about the different kinds of introverts that function in society. I am comfortable in my own skin. This is the third book about introversion that I have read the others being The Introvert Advantage: I am a poqer social paurie by profession and also an introvert.
Introverts gain energy and power through reflection and solitude. That we derive our energies from different sources than extroverts and lauriie active in different ways – and that’s healthy.
Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength
Laurie Helgoe, PhD, is a writer, psychologist, part-time actor, and model-and introvert. An example of that is when she asks you to visualize and write about your ideal “retreat” and a “dream room. Introverts need to be accepted by society, yes, but also by ourselves.
Lots of aha moments in this for me and I’d highly recommend it to anyone who is an introvert or wants to truly understand them. Helgoe also talks about societal differences in introversion versus extroversion with respect powef environment and culture.
This book will never be one that anyone could ever find boring. Please try again later. I also liked her encouragement to not let heogoe be pressured into social events when you will not enjoy them, unless it’s necessary, like for work.
If there were more rating stars, I would give them all to this book. Return to Book Page. This early discovery of the power of solitude had a profound influence on her later work.
Introvert Power : Why Your Inner Life is Your Hidden Strength
I don’t like how this book has depicted extroverts, as adrenaline seeking, talking all the time, stupid kind of people. Wow this is a life changing read!! While some dating and charisma coaches may tell you to use tricks to act more confident, that may only be a short-term fix. Mar 28, Tom rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: