If you’re an introvert, you might not like what the research has to say: Extroverts tend to be happier. But before you start striking up conversations with strangers in the elevator, there’s more to the story.
In this episode of Office Hours, I explore how your personality might shape your happiness, what introverts and extroverts can learn from each other, and why understanding your natural tendencies can help you cultivate habits towards a more connected and, therefore, happier life.
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Referenced:
• The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness
• The development of markers for the Big-Five factor structure
• Intelligence assessment: a theoretical and experimental approach
• Happiness, introversion-extraversion and happy introverts
• Extraversion advantages at work: A quantitative review and synthesis of the meta-analytic evidence
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
• Hello, stranger? Pleasant conversations are preceded by concerns about starting one
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