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Example Of An Introvert

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Extrovert, Introvert, or Extroverted Introvert “You think you’ve got it figured out, huh? You have no idea what life has in store for you.” – Gillian Mamaclay At first, I was scared, truthfully intimidated, about asking her for an interview. I really want to be active in this organization and afraid that I would leave a bad impression on her. Moreover that I just sent her a message request through messenger and unsure if she will respond to it since I’m nobody. After hours of waiting, she finally replied and she agreed to meet with me. I was so ecstatic. I was to meet her face-to-face, Gillian Mamaclay, a fourth year BS Legal Management student; the current president of the Ateneo Student Exchange Council. It was the day when we officially sit down and talk. I arrived in JSEC a little …show more content…

She said that she was actually an introvert. And I was like an introvert? Really? I wasn’t expecting that at all. People had the thought of her being an extrovert because she was part of the human resource department. To be a part of the HR department means that she deals with people and need to communicate with them on a regular basis because, to her, it’s fun to help people and all. However, being in the company of people a long time is exhausting. An example of this was after rec week, a weeklong event of socializing. Her friends invited her to dinner to celebrate but she said no and said that she wants to go home and read. This scenario shows her introverted side. Introverts wants to be left alone to recharge and regain their energy, while extroverts get their energy from being with people. I ask her what’s her MBTI. MBTI is a type of personality test. She told me that she is an INTJ. INTJ stands for introversion (I), intuition (N), thinking (T), and judgment (J). “Well I’d like to believe that I’m still an INTJ after all these years. But yeah I mean I like socializing but I really get drained

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