Extroversion is often seen as a good quality. Extroverted people are usually described as confident, engaging, energetic, and fun to be around. Many workplaces and social situations reward this trait.
But can someone be too extroverted?
Let’s look at what it means to be an extrovert and what might happen when there’s too much of a good thing.
What makes someone an extrovert or introvert?
Personality traits are just labels for how you usually think and act. If you generally like making plans, being with people, and working in groups, and you feel more like yourself around others or get energy from activity, you’re likely an extrovert.
It’s important to remember that personality isn’t simple. While we often think of traits as categories (like introvert vs. extrovert), they actually exist on a scale.People can be anywhere on that scale (always introverted, often introverted, sometimes one and sometimes the other, often extroverted, always extroverted).
Like many human characteristics, personality traits follow a bell curve. This means most people are in the middle – they act extroverted sometimes and introverted at other times.
If you’re more extroverted then about 75% of people, you probably have the qualities we usually connect with extroversion: confidence,
