Do you have children? If so, have you ever noticed that each one of them has a distinct personality—despite being raised by the same parents in the same environment? Personality is shaped by genetics.
The idea that human beings are born as identical blank slates waiting to have whatever written on them was discarded decades ago.
Introversion/extraversion are inborn traits. An introvert *can* speak in public—that does not mean that he or she is an extravert. What it means is that the person MUST have a period of alone-time to rest after being social. As I said before, I am a strong introvert, and that is not going to change. Despite that, I often give briefings, sometimes to audiences of hundreds. People tell me that I am very good at it. However, at the end of the day, I need time alone to recover.
I can guarantee you that I am not salesperson material. It doesn’t matter how much money can be earned like that—it won’t happen. Most people do not have the qualities that make good salespeople—which is why companies that depend on aggressive sales tactics are always trying to recruit salespeople. The question is, would I be able to take you, a high-powered salesman, and make a conscientious and careful laboratory technician out of you? Do you have the qualities needed to learn sterile technique, to run the same tests and assays hundreds of times and analyze the same results? Would you be as excited to see the results the thousandth time you ran the assay as you were the first time? If you do not already have the inborn qualities that make a good scientist, no amount of training will give them to you, period.
The genes that guide formation of the neural circuitry are as individual as the genes that control your eye color, hair color, blood type, height, body shape, etc. Whether you have an aptitude for mathematics or prefer squishy subjects like English or sociology, if you are athletic or a total klutz, whether your IQ is high or low—these are all genetically determined features of your brain. Where environment comes in is after recognizing that a child has certain aptitudes, and then training the child to make the best use of them.
Some people never go out into the real world and try to do diverse things- they just read books.
I was salesman, a nuclear researcher at a national lab, A q/a q/c tech. a laser technician, a CEO, a manufacturing manager, a skin cancer research associate for 4 years working with 2 major universities, a post grad teacher of engineering studemts-
did EXPERIMENTS from ` 1980 to 1990`s on plant ionic fluidic electrochemistries- a marketing manager, a distribution saleman etc
One does not appear to not to have any real world experience in the real govt., business and corporate ladder world at all- and it ain`t me- Sorry but humanity cannot be pigeon holed.
My sister was a organic lab experimenter for 10 years, raised horses, became a head of govt agency enforcement- taught university- she conducted experiments but was never an introvert-
My other sister was water pollution control lab researcher and did experiments for 15 years= she ain`t no introvert lemme tellya
.What a bunch of BS s being proffered here...
.