Changing Introverts to Extroverts

Someone on an a LinkedIn NLP forum asked how the above might be achieved.

The discussion continues, and below are some thoughts I had on the matter.

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>>We are creatures of opposites<< >>could pass for one<< >>Introversion and extroversion are both, probably, contextualised.<< >> have the flexibility to move from one end of the scale to the other depending on the circumstances<< Those quotes sum up the obvious fact that we are not fixed and formulated, that we are flexible, plastic, adaptable, resourceful, pliable and, in short, wonderfully creative beings. Our cultures of origin, our national identity, our parents' emotional intelligence - or lack of it - our family mores, individual biology, luck and happenstance, accidents of time and place, all contribute to the way we are programmed, scripted, molded, coerced, tricked or tickled into our sense of self. We are pack animals and, as such, we want and need to belong. Limited or liberated by who and what we encounter in our earliest years, we will attempt to do whatever is necessary to avoid punishment, banishment, ridicule, hunger, or to gain approval, acceptance, sustenance, inclusion. And, depending on the powerful people tell us about life, the universe and all that, on top of our fears that they might hurt us, we might also beleive that a 'loving god' will cast us into the eternal flames if we dissapoint him or don't love him back. I cannot say it's a revelation, but I am endlessly intrigued that, with all the insights, principles and, indeed, wisdom, that NLP offers, or that we gain from study, principles and implementation of techniques, so many NLPers seem to accept the paradigm of 'either / or' (and many do not of course). I've often said to clients, "It's just a feeling" because it is. All the rest is story. Some of them complain that I seem to be trivialising their feelings. "Well, you're right, that's because I think your feelings are trivial compared to all that you are as a magnificant, resourceful, resilient, caring, honourable, loving individual. Part of what keeps you stuck is that YOU trivialise yourself and hide yourself under an emotional duvet." I say (or something like that). Go well Read more at www.linkedin.com

 

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