Health, Hunger and Humanity

I believe that everyone in this world is meant to be happy and successful in life, and the only reason why one is not happy, is because of making the wrong choices in life! People always tend to make choices by considering the trend which the society follows. The thought to go out of the way is always curbed by thinking about what others will think of us when they come to know that we are ‘different’. The fear and insecurity forces us to be what we actually, are not. What we need to realize is that there is a reason why God made us like this, correct? The pioneers responsible for inventing revolutionary ideas were also different from the rest of the world. Take Albert Einstein for instance, he falls under the category of ‘famous Introverts ever!’ He always remained in his own world, followed his heart, and never cared about what others had to say about him, and all this because he believed in what he was doing, he believed in himself! The key to success in life is to believe in what you are doing, and most importantly, believe in yourself. I know it’s difficult as the society tends to consider introverts as ‘anti-social’ and always needs a chance to pick on them. Listening to the terms like geek, weirdo, loser, snob, isn’t encouraging at all and makes one feel like an alien from another planet, which in turn makes one feel miserable about themselves. But then you have two choices to make; either keep feeling miserable and sorry for yourself and try to be what you are not just to please the society that never understood you, or thank God for making you special and learn to identify and acknowledge your potentials that will help you in deciding your place in this world.

Aspects of Job Satisfaction for Introverts

When thinking of the best careers possible for an introvert personality, I remember the words of the famous psychologist, Carl Jung, “Introverts psychic energy flows outward, gained from solitude.” I so admire this strength of introverts. Solitude allows you to observe things in a more in-depth way as compared to when you’re in a crowd or when you are ‘more of an extrovert’. There is a very famous book named “200 Best Jobs For Introverts” by the editors @ Jist and Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D. The authors of this book have categorized introvert personalities into six categories, which was developed by John Holland and used in the Self-Directed Search (SDS). Go through these categories and find out which one would give you the job satisfaction that you are looking for. The categories are as follows:

1. Realistic: Introverts which fall under this category are good at jobs which have a realistic approach in life. They love to work with natural elements that involve flora and fauna. They like working with elements like wood, metal tools and machines.
2. Investigative: The investigative type introvert can go for jobs that require extreme thinking, and works for finding facts and figures based on the thinking attributes that he/she possess. Introverts definitely have the patience and the steadiness to do such kind of job because they gain energy from solitude and hence their mind is always searching for more.
3. Artistic: Introverts tend to be very artistic because they know how to value the beauty of life and not just take things for granted. Therefore, an art career is one of the best careers for introverts. Artistically, they can contribute to jobs that involve working with forms, designs and patterns, creating new ideas or any such work that can be done without following a clear set of rules and regulations.
4. Social: This category might startle you as to why introverts, who are known to have anti-social persona, would want to do a social job? I don’t think introverts are anti-social. They just take time to open up and fit in. They don’t mind sharing their ideas and thoughts, all they mind is the judgmental and faultfinding eyes surrounding them. The society never gives new and different ideas or people a chance, they (people with new ideas) need to fight and prove themselves all the time. I think jobs that involve working with people, communicating and teaching people, will not only be challenging for introverts but if they remove the fear of judgment by others and have the power to convince and put their point forward, they can change the negative mindset and make this world a positive and better place to live in!
5. Enterprising: Introverts possess various strengths such as focus, patience and getting work done in a timely manner. All these strengths minus the fear of criticism and comments, can make them very good at jobs that involve starting up and carrying out projects. This may require leading people, making decisions, risk taking and often dealing with business.
6. Conventional: If you are the introvert who doesn’t like to be a part of a huge group and initiate projects, if you don’t like people to interfere in your work, then conventional jobs can be a good option because they involve following a set procedure and routines. It mainly includes working with data and details that are already set, unlike ideas that need to be approved!

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