Welcome to the Intelligent Introvert!

As starters I am serving up pie!

“Wait a minute.” You say. “I came to a blog for Intelligent Introverts not pie eaters. What’s pie got to do with it?”

. . . everything.

PIES reveal the key differences between introverts and extroverts.

According to my PIES Approach, the four most notable distinctions between I’s and E’s are how we:
1) Process Information, (actual brain differences here!)
2) Interact with others,
3) Energize ourselves and
4) respond to Stimulation (more physiological differences here!)

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Why a blog for Introverts?

Turns out that introversion is more than needing time to ourselves to recharge. Introversion/extroversion is a temperament we are born with. It determines how we process information, how we respond to stimulation, and explains seemingly quirky things like why we lose energy the minute we walk into a Costco, why we hang back in gregarious group conversations, or why we stare off in space when asked a reflective question. Introversion touches all parts of our lives from our work life to love life.

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