Why are 76% of rich people introverts?

According to scientific research, introverts are more likely to achieve great things.

If you closely observe the life trajectories of successful people around you, it is not difficult to realize that most of them have spent some time alone.

As a consultant, I am fortunate to know a lot of people, and also fortunate to see the real faces behind countless masks.

My career has always made me unconsciously observe every person I meet in life, their achievements and personalities, when I research deeply, I suddenly realize unexpected aspects…

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Not long ago, I had a conversation with an old friend I hadn't seen in a long time.

The quiet boy of the past has now become stylish, polite and approachable in conversation, logical and sober, and quite a leader.

It turns out that last year he was promoted to senior director of a listed company, his career is going well.

On the way home, I couldn't help but think of him, a person who used to be very introverted, that figure is now no more.

At that time, many of his classmates even teased him for being autistic and not wanting to play with him, but if they met again today, who would be the hero? You can tell at a glance.

When I got home, I remembered an article I once read, 76% of successful people in the world are introverts, quiet people, such as genius physicist Einstein or stock investment guru Warren Buffett.

Introversion is directly proportional to emotional intelligence and accuracy of reasoning. (Illustration).

In a 2018 psychology study by Yale University, it was also found that introversion was directly proportional to emotional intelligence and accuracy in reasoning about social psychological phenomena.

Questions gradually arise, are introverts more likely to succeed?

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The famous Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung, was the one who divided human personality into extroverts and introverts.

These two personalities correspond to two types of people in life: the lively, cheerful person and the quiet person.

There is no direct comparison between the two personalities, for example in childhood, if a child is particularly quiet, the teacher will encourage the child to speak more and be braver, while for a child who is particularly extroverted, the teacher will strictly restrain the child.

It is difficult to judge which personality is best.

Both personalities can only be recognized based on the principle of specific analysis of specific problems. However, based on my own professional and life experiences, introverts are "not simple".

First of all, why does a person become introverted, excluding the cause of illness, the reasons are usually:

At first , I felt alienated from the current environment and didn't know what to do, so I just kept quiet and spent time in a daze.

Second, they are more educated than their peers, they understand that talking too much will lead to mistakes. For them, listening is more important than expressing. Through observation and thinking, they can see the overall situation and finally make wise decisions.

That's also why when the class encountered some difficulty, there was always a quiet "hero" ready to stand up and help and solve the problem easily.

The same is true of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, who according to his autobiography, was quite an introvert and had a rich spiritual world.

That's why he can speak freely at press conferences and attract fans from all over the world.

At this point, we can deduce that people who don't talk much are not necessarily lacking in social skills.

Simply because they don't want to start meaningless conversations.

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People who don't talk much don't necessarily lack social skills. (Illustration photo).

Talking about extroverted personality, in everyone's life, they will always meet many extroverted people, they are proud of their eloquence and can make friends with anyone, enthusiasm is the most suitable description for them.

But if you stay in a long-term relationship with an extrovert, you may notice that when they hit a bad time in their life, their resilience is much lower than it appears.

British personality psychologist Hans Eysenck once proposed the "arousal theory" . Its main content is: "Compared to talkative people, talkative people are less able to identify and filter accurate information".

In other words, when you try to communicate with an introvert and get bad results, it's likely that the other person has already realized that what you're about to say next is nonsense.

The truth is always cruel, but if this happens to you, please don't take it too seriously.

Finally, why don't you think about why more than 70% of successful people in the world are introverts?

That's because while normal people sit there complaining about the circumstances around them, but still show no signs of taking action to change, just sitting there surfing social media every day, those who are often considered "autistic" in the eyes of others have suppressed their so-called desire to show off, spending more time looking inward, to improve themselves, and that's why, when making decisions, they are the wisest people, and at the same time find the angle to maximize benefits .