Your friends can’t agree on whether you’re quiet or outgoing—and that contradiction may actually reveal your hidden strength.

There are many popular leadership self-awareness tools available, including DISC, Myers-Briggs, and CliftonStrengths. This article compares the most common frameworks.

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If you’d class yourself as an eternal outcast who never feels lonely, or if you struggle to accept advice and would say you’re ‘emotionally self-sufficient’, then your personality type may be the same ...

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A new term is trending: “otrovert.” Here’s what psychologists say it is—and 7 signs you might fit the in-between profile. A new term is trending: “otrovert.” Here’s what psychologists say it is—and 7 ...

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Turns out, you may not be an introvert, extrovert, or even an ambivert. If you’ve felt you didn’t quite fit in, fret not — you may just lie in the grey area ...

Background: Physical inactivity is a significant public health issue among female college students. This study aimed to explore the complex relationship between self-rated health (SRH), social anxiety ...

For decades, memory decline was considered an inevitable consequence of aging. However, emerging evidence shows that a small subset of older adults — so-called superagers — stay cognitively sharp well ...

Psychiatrists have proposed a new personality called the “otrovert”, which refers to a person who is not an extrovert or an introvert. Credit: Saed de los Santos – CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.