But people who don't care to talk to other people would not be reading this. This advise is for a select group of people (introverts who want to meet others).
The ideal way to interact would be to be able to be myself while still managing to spark some openness and life in my conversational counterpart. After all, most deep wants are somehow achievable, and there isn't any obvious reason why it should be impossible to connect with other people if you happen to hate smalltalk and often enjoy being alone.
The definition of introvert is not requiring that much external social stimulation, not hating to interact with other people.
Nope it is draining for introverts.
Your definition of introvert is a bit off too. Introverts ARE mentally drained by social interaction. I am. And I am invigorated by alone time. I am an introvert, but me and all my introvert friends don't have any trouble talking to people, starting conversations, small talk, parties, even public speaking.
In fact the people I know that do have trouble with those things strike me as shy and socially anxious extroverts.
The introvert, according to Jung, generally perfers to focus on his own feelings, thoughts, ideas, dreams.
While the extrovert, generally prefers to focus on things outside himself, like objects, other people, and their ideas, feelings, etc.
So, in the original sense, these definitions have absolutely nothing to do with shyness or lack thereof, or about feeling "drained" by interaction with people vs being alone.
An introvert could be perfectly happy being with other people, as long as he can focus on his own internal world. And an extrovert could be happy being alone, but as long as he can focus on people or things outside himself.
If I'm in an elevator, what's the quickest way to make someone stop talking to me about my bike? If I'm waiting for a bus, what's the quickest way to get a stranger to stop talking to me about his life? If I'm reading a book, what's a polite and effective way of saying "Sorry if you're illiterate, but I actually do read for pleasure"?