Dr. Arthur Brooks explains why extroverts feel more immediate pleasure but introverts build deeper relationships that create lasting happiness. Extroverts report higher positive affect in the moment, yet they're more prone to loneliness. Introverts' meaningful connections deliver longer-term well-being.
Who's happier, introverts or extroverts? Extroverts is the classic finding. Tons of studies find that extroverts have more positive affect, they tend to have higher mood. But introverts have special gifts. They have closer relationships, they have deeper emotional connections to other people. And the result of that is that they have long term friendship and marriage partners that sustain them in a way that extroverts don't. Extroverts often get, can get really lonely. So extroverts, they tend to get more short term happiness and introverts tend to have more long term happiness. So what you find is that extroverts, they tend to get more enjoyment and introverts tend to get more meaningful.
