Organize Your Brain or Be Nice to Introverts
October 4, 2007 by Greg
There are two sites I have in mind to post about. So, I’m going to post them both and then you tell me which one you prefer.
Times Online has a feature, Get your Life Back: Organize Your Brain
The information age was supposed to set us free but sometimes it feels as if all it has done is enslave us to the yoke of never-ending e-mails, texts and calendar reminders, not to mention all the nondigital flotsam that demands our attention.
However, the web can help with a host of sites that provide advice, tests and tools to help you organise your life more efficiently. Not only can you improve your powers of memory and concentration, but there are sites that will help you to unleash your creativity and keep your brain in trim by honing your mental faculties.
Brian Kim has a feature, Top 5 Things Every Extrovert Should Know About Introverts
The reason why the majority of people think that there’s something wrong with introverts is because the majority of people aren’t very knowledgeable when it comes to introverts, in terms of why they are the way they are and why they do the things they do.
[...] My hope is this article will help solve that problem by shedding some light as to why introverts are the way they are and do the things they do, so here are 5 things every extrovert should know about introverts.
So, which one do you like better? Organize your brain or be nice to introverts?
I like the introvert article, because it shows how much gray area there is between ‘intro’ and ‘extro’. I consider myself pretty outgoing overall, but definitely DISPISE small talk, which is a classically ‘introverted’ trait. Viva la extrointroverts!
I read the introvert one a few days ago. It reminded me of my sociology professor, because she mentioned that few people are truly “introverts” or “extroverts”, that instead we have traits of each and just may be more introverted than we are extroverted, etc.
But I think I like the Organize Your Brain one better for some of the helpful links and gadgets it suggests. That and the Introvert article reminds me of that professor, who was kind of creepy…