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1. Myth: Introverts are shy.
■Fact: There are certainly shy introverts. But introversion and shyness are not synonymous. Introverts just “seem shy because they tend to think before they speak,” said Helgoe, also an assistant professor of psychology at Davis & Elkins College in West Virginia. They process things internally, whereas extroverts process things as they’re speaking, she said.s nt.”
2. Myth: Introverts don’t make good public speakers.
■Fact: “At least half of people who speak for a living are introverted in nature,” Kahnweiler said. They just prepare and practice really well, and “they draw from their strengths.”
3. Myth: Introverts aren’t happy, or extroverts are happier.
■Fact: Lately, Helgoe has been seeing this myth or versions of it all over the media. But it isn’t that introverts are unhappy, or extroverts are happier than introverts. They’re simply happy in different ways.
4. Myth: You are either an introvert or an extrovert.
■Fact: Think of introversion and extroversion as falling on a continuum. “Most people fall somewhere in the middle,” Kahnweiler said.
5. Myth: Extroverts are bad listeners.
■Fact: “Extroverts can be incredible listeners, because they draw people out by their open-ended questions and paraphrasing,”
6. Myth: Extroverts don’t like quiet or alone time.
■Fact: Extroverts do need this type of time to recharge. But they need it in “shorter doses and in different ways,” Kahnweiler said. For instance, an extrovert might listen to music with their headphones on while sitting in a coffee shop, she said.
7. Myth: Extroverts are shallow.
■Fact: Again, extroverts and introverts simply have a different way of processing information, Helgoe said.
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