Stuart, I highly recommend:
- The Color Code http://www.amazon.com/Color-Code-Yourself-Your-Relationships/dp/0684848228 - The 5 Love Languages http://www.amazon.com/Five-Love-Languages-Heartfelt-Commitment/dp/1881273156 Introvert doesn't mean that you don't enjoy being with people, it means that you don't crave social acceptance as much as you crave other things - such as peace or dedicated emotional bonds. AJ ONeal On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Stuart Jansen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 2011-05-02 at 12:06 -0600, Ryan Simpkins wrote: > > If you'd like to discuss these things with non-FOSSy type geeks, > non-nerds, > > non-misfits (fits?), and social extroverts - wrong place. Oddly enough, > many > > of us managed to get married... so I'm not sure how socially introverted > geeks > > really are. Even Linus, the flame-fest geek king, managed to get married > after > > spending 3 years in a drunken, non-stop, bathrobe laden, coding fest. Of > > course, Tove did have to e-mail him to ask him out. ;-) > > I don't buy into the whole intro-/extrovert thing anymore. I used to > think I was an introvert, but eventually discovered that under the right > circumstances I'm an extrovert. I have a harder time relating to > "normal" people, but that's just because they're not my people. Linux is > my native culture, but I'm also comfortable with many other groups that > were treated as outcasts in High School. > > I recognize that some people are more capable of entertaining themselves > than other, and therefore some people are more inclined to need regular > human contact. I also recognize that Asperges and such makes it harder > for some to interact socially. But I reject the idea that "extroverts > enjoy being around people" and "introverts don't enjoy being around > other people". Instead, I would argue that "if you think you're an > introvert, you haven't found your people yet". > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
