{"id":10095,"date":"2013-03-15T14:58:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T14:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/?p=10095"},"modified":"2019-07-30T09:02:15","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T09:02:15","slug":"the-power-of-introverts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/the-power-of-introverts\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of introverts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h2GBKlgX3u8\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>An excellent defence of introverts and beautifully animated. Up to half the population are introverts. Even if you are extrovert, your partner, your kids, your fellow musicians may well not be. But we live within a value system which is the &#8220;extrovert-ideal&#8221;. Introverted traits like apparent shyness, seriousness, working on tasks one at a time and a need for quiet are seen as less desirable.<\/p>\n<p>As an extrovert I need to regularly review material such as this video clip to remind myself of what I do not have, the importance of alternative approaches, the value introverts bring us and the need for us noisy folk to make time and space to accommodate and listen to the quiet thinkers.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think about the video clip?<\/p>\n<p>Are you an introvert and relate to the issues raised here?<\/p>\n<p>What issues does this raise in relationship to our community life together in church or worship teams?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Other related articles on this website that you might enjoy<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/ask-the-expert-our-song-leader-has-trouble-with-counting-and-rhythm\/\">Ask the expert \u2013 our song leader has trouble with counting and rhythm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/developing-character-and-encouraging-your-worship-team\/\">Six ideas for developing character in your worship team and encouraging their work<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/working-with-your-worship-team\/\">Six ideas for working with your team outside of Sunday mornings<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/building-and-pastoring-our-worship-teams-notes-from-aaron-keyes-seminar\/\">Building and pastoring our worship teams \u2013 Aaron Keyes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/pastoring-a-worship-team-part-1\/\">Pastoring a worship team<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/worship-heart-matters\/\">Is the heart all that matters? 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