Introversion and Extroversion

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Clare and Hannah may look exactly the same, but they're a lot different under the surface. One of them is introverted, and the other is extroverted. I wonder if you can guess which is which?
The Temperament God Gave You by Art and Laraine Bennett. Not a personality test, but a way of discovering your temperament, which predicts the way you respond and react to the people and events of your life.

Random fact: "Extravert" and "extraversion" are actually the original spellings for "extrovert" and "extroversion," and this is how you'll find the terms spelled in technical works written by and for psychologists.

Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type by Isabel Briggs Myers with Peter B. Myers. Written by the creators of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the classic personality test that discovers which of the 16 personality types best describes you. After taking the test, this book will help you interpret the results and face the world with confidence in yourself and appreciation for others. The title says it all: "There are different gifts, but the same Spirit."

Based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, this test is free online: The 16 Personalities

"12 Ways to Care for Introverts"

"6 Things Every Extrovert Secretly Has to Deal With"

Clare is an independent author who would love it if you checked out her books! If you like exciting thrillers featuring "everyman" introverts and extraverts overcoming their deepest flaws and confronting their worst fears, you might enjoy The Keys of Death. It's a veterinary medical thriller about a small-town animal doctor who gets tangled up in a whistle-blowing scheme against a big biotech company. Or, if you prefer shorter fiction, try Startling Figures, a collection of three paranormal stories.

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Intro and outro music (“Splanchnics Riff)” composed and performed by Clare T. Walker.

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