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Listen to the Power of Quiet People

You don't need to be loud to be smart

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Gustavo Razzetti
May 25, 2018
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You don’t need to be loud to be smart.

Being quiet is a choice— Pic by Alexandru Zdrobău

Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

That’s a tricky question. I have a hard time answering it myself.

That’s the problem of binary questions — you are forced to choose one or the other. Being quiet is a choice — you can be more outspoken in specific scenarios or more withdrawn in others.

Who you are cannot be limited to one label. Especially, when those labels are loaded terms. Our society favors action versus contemplation — extroverts have a more positive buzz.

Quiet people have a unique power — everyone, them included, needs to pay more attention to it.

A culture that worships loud people

Our society has a long tradition of trying to define what’s normal — maybe because we have a hard time accepting that we are all unique.

Being left-handed was vigorously oppressed throughout the centuries — lefties were forced to use their right hand to write. Discriminatory practices against left-handers persisted w…

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