Valuing your own space, thoughts and inner life can only be a good thing. — Corinne
There are of course elements of introversion that may hamper a person's progress. Sometimes we can be observers instead of participants in life and Extroverts seem to naturally win... — Corinne
What can Introverts bring to the party... — Corinne
There are of course elements of introversion that may hamper a person's progress. Sometimes we can be observers instead of participants in life and Extroverts seem to naturally win... — Corinne
It is only recently we have discovered the importance of formative years in shaping a child's viewpoint. — Corinne
If you have the temptation to be shy, drop it immediately. — Rafaella Leon
In order to win sympathy, you need to show interest in people. Only if you are interested in them just to gain sympathy, you are not really interested: your focus is not on them, but on you, it is subjective, then that will fail. So the practice is about teaching yourself to have a genuine interest in people. In other words, you don’t need to think about sympathy. Because? Because it is implied, you will gain sympathy anyway. If you are really interested in listening to the person, he’ll sympathize with you even if you don't thinking about it; so why are you going to try to win sympathy, if sympathy is already built in? So the focus shifts from winning sympathy to genuine interest, and so on many other things. I mean, there will be a change in the axis of conduct, and then you will see that the sympathy you want to get is not worth the effort, because it is very easy. Then you will not arrive with shyness and such because you know that what you are offering is good. — Rafaella Leon
So you leave the subjectivism of youth because you know that you have true love for one person or for several people (not only in the sexual domain, for instance). And notice well: if you have true love and that love is rejected, you don’t feel depressed, you don’t feel diminished, you feel sorry for the person. I mean, as your concern goes up, you lose that fear, that fear of not being accepted, of not being liked. Because being liked is the easiest thing in the world! There is no reason to waste so much time on it. Have a genuine interest, have a true love for people, and they will like you; and if they don’t like it, then you’ll be sure they’re stupid. — Rafaella Leon
In short, you gradually extract yourself from the judgment of others as you gain certainty of your intentions. It is not that you will despise the opinion of others — we should never despise the opinion of others — you simply do not need it because you already know what you are doing. All courses that promise to "overcome" shyness are concentrated and always return to that: love your neighbor. Anyone knows, without having to take a theology or philosophy course, that the Greek word "love" has its variations — eros, philos, and agape — and the word used to say that God is love in 1 John 4:8 is "Agape". Love is sacrifice, objective and disinterested. — Rafaella Leon
Have a genuine interest, have a true love for people, and they will like you; and if they don’t like it, then you’ll be sure they’re stupid. — Rafaella Leon
I always thought of myself as an introvert, and I am, but the problem is it became an excuse to dodge socializing, even in situations where it was really in my best interest to try. — Mijin
How do you know though, that it was really in your best interest to try? — Metaphysician Undercover
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