Inspiration Station - Proof That Introverts Have A Problem With Pride

Pride can manifest in unexpected ways among introverts through self-protection and isolation that limits our growth and connection with others. By examining three key indicators—lack of accountability, limited expression of love, and rejection of community—we can identify when our introversion crosses into pride and make positive changes.

• Introverts often isolate themselves as a form of self-protection
• Without accountability, we lack the "mirrors and friends" needed to see ourselves clearly
• True love requires bearing others' burdens and being present in their difficulties
• Isolation prevents us from experiencing the weight-bearing aspect of authentic love
• Community provides perspective by showing us others who overcome similar or worse challenges
• When we see others' struggles, we lose excuses and gain appreciation for our blessings
• The goal isn't to change personality but to ensure introversion isn't rooted in pride
• Growth happens in the balance between comfort and connection

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Chapters

• 0:00 Introducing the Introvert-Pride Connection
• 2:10 No Accountability in Isolation
• 7:16 Love Requires Connection
• 10:07 The Missing Element of Community
• 12:02 Final Thoughts and Call for Engagement

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:21

Can an introvert have a problem with pride? I'm going to show you three ways that they do and how they can fix it once and for all. On this next episode of the Inspiration Station, which starts right now, welcome back to the All Purpose Pod for an all-purpose life. Wherever you are and however you're listening to me, call me Mr U and the Inspiration Station. Thank you again for making us part of your week. We definitely appreciate you guys. I can go on and on about all of the comments and questions and thoughts we'll be getting from you guys. It's a bit overwhelming, but we appreciate you guys so much. Thank you for continuing to listen and watch the show.

Speaker 1: 1:31

Let's get into the topic for today, all right. So when I talk about somebody that's an introvert which I have been a self-professed one I've said that Nobody believed me because I do shows like this. They say you can't be introverted because you do this. Okay, I have some introverts in me. Let's just say that part. But as an introvert, is it possible to have a problem with pride? Those two things don't seem to go together, at least in some of our minds. An introvert is somebody who keeps to themselves. They don't bother anybody, theoretically. So how can they have a problem with pride? I'm going to get into it. I got to come into the outset. There's three ways that we can prove that introverts do have a problem with pride and how we can fix it once and for all. For all you introverts that are watching right now, please don't log off, don't shut us down. There's a point to this. This is good for you and it's good for me. It's good for us. I'm a self-professed introvert and I need to hear everything I'm getting ready to say to myself. So please don't log us off. Don't don't, don't tune us out. This is going to be good for us, I promise you. So we're going to get into why this is a possibility for the introverts.

Speaker 1: 2:40

Well, a lot of times, introverts they I'm speaking for myself mainly, but introverts a lot of times they want to be less than social. They don't want to be involved in gatherings and big functions and big meetings. They want to just keep to themselves. If they can stay in a cubicle and not be bothered all day, they're good with it. If they can work from home and not be around people at all, they would absolutely love it If they didn't have to go to meetings and such, and they can just do it by teleconference. That would be the ideal choice for them because they want to be away from folks. They like being isolated, which is really a problem. But I want to get to the reason why introverts want to do that, because I believe it's a pride issue. I believe that in doing that it's a way of self-protecting ourselves. I'm speaking for myself, not pointing at anybody that I know that's an introvert. I'm just speaking for myself on this one. If you can relate to it and it resonates, that's good. I'm talking about myself right now.

Speaker 1: 3:41

A lot of times I've spent many years wanting to be by myself and being left alone. Love to sit in a room, just me, myself and I Maybe a TV Didn't have cell phones way back then. I'm happy to be by myself and just glad to not be around people and all the messiness that goes with it. Like I wasn't messy, it was really hypocritical. But the point I'm trying to make is that there was pride attached to that because it was about what I didn't want, what I didn't want to share of myself with others, what I didn't want to hear and be supportive of what I didn't want, to trust somebody in friendship and fellowship and relationship. That's pride. That's self and relationship. That's pride. That's self-protection, that's saying you know what, I don't want nobody to hurt me, so I'm going to stay away from everybody. That's pride.

Speaker 1: 4:31

Because if you heard our show at all, especially Inspiration Station, you know that I believe that all of us have a valuable component in our DNA. We have something special to offer. We have flavor to bring to the world and we do just that in so many ways. But some of us, we don't recognize that we're special. We don't see us as having any value or a very low level of self-esteem. So we guard ourselves and we don't give out what is inherently inside of us the beauty, the love, the richness, the substance is inside of us, because all we care about is what we want, which is what most introverts do. They don't want to do this, they don't want to go to that, they don't want to be invited to this. If they are, they ain't going to show up. And they do show up, they won't stay there long because they want to just be to themselves and do their own thing. That's pride. What are the three ways that we can identify? This is If the introvert doesn't want to avoid pride. They have to recognize themselves with this part that there's no accountability. In your isolation Think about it for a second Obviously you're by yourself. There's nobody to hold you accountable for what you do and what you don't do. There's no accountability.

Speaker 1: 5:47

I heard somebody say a long time ago that there was a person who was walking the streets and didn't have on the right clothing or didn't seem to care about how they looked, and the person the very prominent minister said that person doesn't have a mirror or a friend because they had no idea how they looked to the outside world, or perhaps just didn't care. They didn't check themselves out. Before I go anywhere, I'm checking my nose and my teeth and my eyes make sure I'm good. I won't question my eyes going to meet with somebody, so I take care of that kind of stuff. That person, because of how they were dressed, must not have had a mirror. They didn't check themselves out. Their hair was a mess, their clothes were a mess. They didn't check themselves out and didn't have a friend to say you know what? You can't go out wearing that.

Speaker 1: 6:34

Accountability is important and introverts a lot of times don't have it because they won't allow people into their lives in order to have that. Nobody can be close enough to say you know what? You shouldn't wear that outfit, you know what your hair is a hot mess, you know what you shouldn't act like, that People care you. When there's no accountability, like in isolation, you're free to do whatever you want and think how you want and feel like you want and disregard whatever you want to, and excuse me, and that's the problem. That's one area where there's no accountability. That's one area where you can tell that an introvert has a problem with pride because there's no accountability in their isolated lifestyle. Second thing there's no evidence of love. What does that mean? What am I saying? Introverts don't love folks. No, I'm not saying that. Of course introverts love people. I love real hard. I still think I'm an introvert in so many ways. But what I say is that love has a certain characteristic and if you're in isolation all the time and you don't step outside of that comfort zone and begin to embrace the idea of interaction and getting to know people and exchanging information and exchanging ideas and just being in a creative flow of life, of living as a human being, something's missing.

Speaker 1: 7:57

The Bible says in 1 Corinthians, 13 chapter. It talks about love. Love bears, love carries weight this thing that we hear about and that we see that carries weight become a part of an awesome men's group recently and the things that I hear hear they're very unsettling. They're not great to hear what's going on in people's lives, but because I endeavor to love people the way god loves me, I have to hear those things and carry that weight, bear those burdens, take them to the lord in prayer. I have to be present to hear them. It's easy to stay in isolation and not just hear that stuff. That way I won't have to be responsible for what I hear. I don't have to have the extra weight on my heart because I hear all these bad things happening to people who don't deserve this stuff to happen in their life. But love cares, love bears that stuff, love carries that weight, excuse me, that's why I keep going back and receiving from the time together and learning and growing, because that's what love is supposed to do.

Speaker 1: 8:57

Introverts won't do that. They'll stay away and isolate themselves Because they don't want to carry that weight. It's selfish in nature and it's a point of pride. Love hopes, love trusts. Love Feeds the good in other people. Love Is willing to trust, even though we've been hurt. Introverts, man, if they get hurt, one time they're done they ain't trying to come back into the place where they've been hurt before. Love endures all things it's supposed to. We've seen it in the life of Christ and the result or the promise that we received as a result. But at the end of the day, an introvert can't love if you're isolated from everybody else and you refuse to embrace community and you refuse to embrace the idea of being friends with somebody. They can't be friends with other introverts because they don't want to be around each other. They can't even start an introvert club because they don't want to be outside of their own home, outside of their own room, outside of their own place of isolation. The third thing I think is clear evidence that introverts have a problem with pride is that there's no community. Excuse me y'all, in AAA, alcohol is anonymous.

Speaker 1: 10:13

One of the reasons why I think it's effective I'm not saying everything they do is perfect and it always works. I'm not saying that. I'm not here to even advocate for that. What I'm saying is that one of the reasons why I think it's effective is because it gives you the opportunity to see that somebody has a situation that's similar to yours or maybe even worse than what you're going through and what it does, it removes the excuse from you to not do what needs to be done, whether it's walking steps or make life changes, change habits or behaviors, even move the excuses. Now you see John and Bob and Mary and Kim who are dealing with worse stuff than you are, and now you can't say you know what? There's no excuse. You can't say you know what, I can't do this, I can't do better, I can't grow and come out of this and overcome this because you see somebody else doing it. That's just one example.

Speaker 1: 11:04

But the point is that when you don't have community introverts, when you don't have community, you miss out on a very incredible opportunity to see and hear stories about folks who are in spots just like yours, dealing with the same things you deal with, come from worse backgrounds than you do and still are able to overcome, conquer, survive and live full lives. That's the whole point of isolation. It's a trap. It's not a trap set by God. It's not a God thing. God don't want that for you. When you're in isolation, you can't see how good your life actually is, how blessed you actually are, especially in comparison to the lives of others who are going through a harder stuff than you are. No accountability, no evidence of love, no community.

Speaker 1: 11:50

For me, I don't know what else to add. Is it a 0.4 or 0.5? Those three are enough for me to know that, as an introvert, I'm having a problem with pride. These are the three indicators that let me know I need to work on that kind of stuff. Let me know if this actually works for you. Let me know if you see value in this conversation, in this episode. Drop your thoughts in the comments section. Drop your stories. If you don't mind sharing those in the comments section. I'd love to hear those and respond back to you as soon as I can. Introverts, I'm talking to you guys. Let me know what you think. Look forward to hearing back from you guys real soon. Have a great day, coach out.