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Loners

BlueIris

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1. To me, the extreme end of extroversion is brutality.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 09:58 PM

Mar 2012

I think of extroverted behavior as essentially aggressive. Carried out to its most extreme variation, it winds up being violent. There are lots of advantages to having the kind of personality that resists all that.

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A book for loners, perhaps... [View all] dixiegrrrrl Feb 2012 OP

To me, the extreme end of extroversion is brutality. BlueIris Mar 2012 #1

Wonder what the extreme end of introversion is...? dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #2

Coma. nt BlueIris Mar 2012 #6

*snort* !! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #8

LOL !!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2012 #12

This is my next read catchnrelease Mar 2012 #3

I just got the book. Also there is the book "Going Solo: the Extraordinary Rise and applegrove Mar 2012 #4

Looking forward to hearing about it. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #5

Party of One: The Loners' Manifesto bemildred Mar 2012 #7

Aha!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #9

I think being a loner is becoming a fad ... bemildred Mar 2012 #10

Crazier the Regressive get, the more alone I want to be. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #11

Thanks! I've been looking for this. nt BlueIris Mar 2012 #13

This book was excellent. Myrina Feb 2013 #14