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Feel out of step with a group? That can be a good thing
Such people, now labelled otroverts, are less likely to succumb to peer pressure or join mass movements that harm others.
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Otroverts don't feel part of a group but the world could do with more of them.
PHOTO: ADOBE STOCK
Imagine sitting in a meeting where a new proposal is being enthusiastically endorsed. Heads nod around the table in approval. Yet something about it strikes you as misguided – that somehow the agreement arrives before thinking does. You hesitate and wonder whether it is wiser simply to remain silent.
Or perhaps you are at a social gathering where everyone seems caught up in the same easy bonhomie. Yet you feel curiously detached from it all.
