Category: sociology

How to Care for an Introvert

On By JohnIn psychology, sociologyLeave a comment

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How to Care for an Introvert

1. Respect their need for privacy and to spend time alone.

2. Be careful never to embarrass them in public.

3. When they are in a new situation, allow them to stand back, and watch what’s going on.

4. Allow them time to process what you’re asking or saying. Don’t demand an answer right away.

5. Be patient if they hesitate to find the right words – and never interrupt while they are speaking.

6. If you are going to change or cancel plans, give them plenty of prior notice.

7. Allow them to practice and perfect skills alone.

8. Correct or challenge them privately – never in front of an audience.

9. Don’t force them to hang out with a crowd of people, or expect them to amass a lot of friends. A few good friends is more comfortable for them.

10. Don’t try to turn them into an extrovert. Respect them for being exactly who they are.

Differing Views

On By JohnIn sociology, techLeave a comment

It’s not a mechanical phenomenon, but it’s overwhelmingly true that the people who make it to decision-making positions (that is, what they think of as decision-making positions) are those who conform to the basic framework of the people who fundamentally own and run the society. That’s why you have a certain choice of technocratic managers and not some other choice of people equally or better capable of carrying out policies but have different ideas.

Noam Chomsky. (via vulturehooligan)

Preach.

(via expeditionarygeocaching)

Couple things come to mind:

1. This is probably why I’ll spend a lifetime doing technical jobs: engineering, development, architecture and such. It could be that I’m simply better at doing those things than I am at managing… or leading.

2. The quote from the Hitchhiker’s Guide by Douglas Adams: “Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

It’s not so bad after all.