Meyer’s Briggs theory of personality types is founded on the baseline level of your tendency toward introversion or extroversion, and all points between.

If you are an introvert the biggest risk to your happiness involves listening to other people.  For extroverts, the opposite is true.  Socializing often involves two-way communication and for many introverts, these exchanges are full of action requests or complaints.

What Risk

Extroverts want to get involved and thoroughly enjoy the exchanges.  Listening is the doorway for them to interact and they welcome it.

For introverts,  listening represents a risk of creating the need for an outward interaction.  Being inward focused, based on their own mood and feelings, actively reacting to others is a chore.

This is not intended to impinge on others needs or their right to pontificate, it simply means the introvert does not desire to be part of it.

Playing Nice

Being culturally compliant while interacting with others requires effort.  Introverts, by their very nature, typically expend more energy on interpersonal interactions than extroverts.

Playing nice is hard for the introvert.  They strongly feel the need to conform to social norms but prefer introspection and so find it a lot of work to “be on”.

On the other hand, extroverts do not feel an overt concern for correct behavior and like the hyperactive child you sometimes wonder “Where is the off switch?”

Diversity

Fortunately, the diversity created by divergent personality traits – for example, introversion and extroversion are beneficial to everyone.

It is the diversity of personal behavior that makes it interesting for all.  Sameness leads to boredom, neither introverts nor extroverts are better and both add great value to the human continuum.