Introversion isn't a one-size-fits-all personality trait, and chances are, you don't fit the stereotype you've been given.

“Sensitive fake extrovert.” That’s how Jade Lenier classifies herself. As a performer and public speaker, you’d take her for an extrovert, but in truth, says Lenier, “my extroverted outsides don’t ...

Today’s observance of World Introvert Day puts a well-deserved spotlight on inward thinkers and the less visible ways they ...

The idea that people can be classified into types has a long history. Writing 23 centuries ago, the Greek philosopher Theophrastus sketched 30 characters that are instantly recognisable to this day.

What is an introvert? When famous psychiatrist Carl Jung first popularized the terms introversion and extraversion, he described the introvert personality as being more mystical and spiritual, and ...

It’s estimated that every fourth person in the world is an introvert. This is a type of personality type that rose to prominence in the 1920s. As per renowned psychologist Carl Jung, introverts are ...

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I’ve learned a lot about leadership lately. Back in my heyday as a middle manager in corporate America, and before that as a manager for a small start-up, I found my introverted personality worked ...

Personality Test: January 2 is being celebrated as World Introvert Day which came into being after German psychologist Felicitas Heyne in 2011 brought awareness to appreciate introverts worldwide.

Forget “you are what you eat”; According to a new survey, you are where you live. Truity, a personality and career assessment site, polled 12,000 individuals from all 50 states plus D.C. to see how ...