Psychology Today is a wonderful website. Just ran into an article about the relationship between creativity, leadership, and introversion. Gist of it is:
Studies suggest that innovation often requires solitude... People who like to spend time alone are decidedly at odds with today’s team-based organizational culture. Introverts are much less likely than extroverts to be groomed for leadership positions, according to management research, even though another Wharton study led by Professor Adam Grant found that introverted leaders outperform extroverted ones...
This reminds me of something I read in Freakonomics about how an absurd majority of corporate CEOs are tall white guys, or just tall guys period. We have this image of what a leader should look like, even though that image may not coincide with the qualities a leader should possess. I mean, how many people would've looked at Mark Zuckerburg when he was still a student and honestly believed he has crazier CEO superpowers than Donald Trump?
What I take from all this is, us introverts need to stop listening to what other people think a leader should be and become a little bit more assertive about taking on leadership roles ourselves. Of course, not every introvert necessarily has leadership potential, but if introverts really do have a greater knack for innovation, then we have a lot more to offer than people may think. One possible caveat is, I've heard great leaders are often risk-takers & gamblers, which introverts tend not to be.
I've always thought one the best ways for extroverts & introverts to work together is the Tamaki/Kyouya-type leader pair that's so popular in anime. You need energetic extroverts to inspire people, bring workers together through the power of charisma, be a risk-taker, etc. But you also need a Kyouya-type to work in the shadows and manage people, come up with new business ideas, practice sound decision-making, etc. So introverts don't necessarily have to be at the forefront and could just be the "neck that turns the head," so to speak. :P
So about those tap-dancing Mormons. I've had this song stuck in my head all day! Well, this and SPOOKY MORMON HELL DREAM. xDDD
Thank Mormon God for whoever illegally recorded this. I STILL WANT TO SEE THIS SHOW SO BAD. omg I will give my first born. Screw you, New York, you're the reason why Chicago can't have nice things! :(((
Also, I found out why this song sounds so much like an Avenue Q song: because both shows have the same composer, durr.
On the anime front, the famous Matoba arc started in Natsume Yuujinchou. EVEN MORE EXCITING, I'm finally about to watch Aria the Origination, which is supposed to be one of the best anime ever. It has seriously taken me months to get to this point. I BETTER NOT BE DISAPPOINT.
