Extroverts are people who are usually outgoing. They enjoy the energy of group activities.

By contrast, introverts are often most comfortable being with just a few people or alone. They tend to be reticent (see definition and hear pronunciation below).

Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist, was the first to identify these two personality types.

Jung defined extroverts as individuals whose energy is directed toward other people and things in the outside world.

Introverts, on the other hand, focus their personal energy inward on their own thoughts and feelings.

Both personalities have different areas of strengths. Perhaps there’s a lot that one can learn from the other!

Cool word vocabulary question of the day: Would you say that you’re a reticent introvert or an outgoing extrovert?

Reticent: Inclined to keep one’s thoughts or feelings to oneself, reserved.

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