This is Google’s definition of broken:
“having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order.”

But what does a person no longer in working order act like? How does a fractured or damaged person behave? To be fractured or broken or not in working order there must be some initial concept of whole and complete, some “prime” state? But what is that universal idea of a perfect person? Do you know? I don’t know.

There’s no such thing as a broken human being. Each person is changing and evolving. Each person is different. Each person is unique. Making a big sweeping generalization about the perfect person would ignore the concept of genetic diversity. Being different is in our DNA.

While there are no universal perfect human being, there are cultural preferences. Susan Cain’s book Quiet touches on this and describes the experiences of Don, a Chinese-American. During a stay in China for a summer job, Don found that in China “there was more emphasis on listening, on asking questions rather than holding forth.” In Quiet Cain also described how there have been changes within American culture too, and Cain’s book explores the idea that the US used to be a “Culture of Character,” which valued honor and discipline, but with the rise of the industrial revolution has become a “Culture of Personality.”

While we may still be living in a culture of personality, to suggest that introverts are broken is ridiculous. Introverts make up 50% of the US population. Just like extroverts we’re entrepreneurs and leaders and artists and the boy next door. We’re Eleanor Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, Susan Cain, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk.

So, are introverts broken? No. We are not.

Introverts aren’t broken. We’re exactly who we’re supposed to be. And the people who tell you that we’re broken, well, they need new glasses. They can’t look past their prejudices to see your strengths. So it’s up to you to believe in and use your own strengths despite what others may say.

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