{"id":132789,"date":"2020-07-15T17:49:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132789"},"modified":"2020-07-15T17:49:36","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:49:36","slug":"how-to-tell-if-you-are-an-introvert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132789","title":{"rendered":"How to Tell If You Are an Introvert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yo42Ebmxg_A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of us lead lives that are harder than they should be because we haven&#8217;t realised a basic thing about ourselves: that we are introverts. We therefore keep driving ourselves into situations and challenges that should best be avoided and neglect our distinctive style of being content. We should dare to learn whether we belong in the introverted camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us lead lives that are harder than they should be because we haven&#8217;t realised a basic thing about ourselves: that we are introverts. We therefore keep driving ourselves into situations and challenges that should best be avoided and neglect our distinctive style of being content. 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