The Gift of Not Belonging: How Outsiders Thrive in a World of Joiners

by Rami Kaminski MD

Otroverts are individualists by default. Their nonconformism is not an act of rebellion, a means of self-expression, or a bid for attention. It is an essential trait that informs how they see their world.

Being unbound by convention and untethered from the communal wisdom gives otroverts an exhilarating sense of freedom and autonomy. Instead of relying on the collective to mold their explanations of the world, they can shape and reshape their own explanations at will—a type of freedom many communal people find scary.