This is a YouTube video titled "Are you an introvert or an extrovert" created on April 24, 2025. The content features Dara Ladjevardian discussing how to identify whether one is an introvert or extrovert by reflecting on feelings during social events and preferences for social interactions, emphasizing understanding true personal preferences in an extroverted culture.
I'll just give you like two questions you could ask yourself if you're not really sure how you identify. So one of them is, you know, how do you feel? Like imagine that you are going to a party or networking event that you are truly enjoying. With company you truly enjoy. If you're an extrovert, you probably find this incredibly energizing. And so after two hours or so, you're looking for more because you're now hyper energized. and if you're an introvert, no matter how much you love all those people you were just talking to, your battery is probably way drained. And so after two hours, you're looking for the escape route. So that's kind of one question to ask. And then another one would be, if you imagine a weekend, let's say, where you are totally free of social and professional obligations, how would you choose to spend your time? And how many people would be in the picture? And how well would you know those people? Would you be allocating your social time to just one or two close friends family members, or would you be excited about a party full of people you don't know that well? Those kinds of questions tell you a lot about what your true preferences are. And I stress that phrase, true preferences, because for introverts in an extroverted culture, we spend so much time kind of unconsciously adapting to what we think our preferences are supposed to be that I, I hear from many people that they kind of have lost touch with how they actually prefer to spend their.
