What's it like to be socially active?

Any parent wants a child to grow up as an active and successful person. Nowadays, an idea about a socially active person is positive usually. Actually, the scientists ask themselves "How do people understand a socially active person?". As a result, they come to the conclusion that such person embodies many positive characteristics. First of all, this person is empathetic, optimistic, goal oriented and extraverted. He/she gets along with the different people easily. Usually such people consider themselves to be very important in a society. So, they have high self-esteem and self-confidence. Actually, such people are talented in many spheres as they try their energy as often as it is possible and are not afraid to be mistaken. They can set the realistic goals and create the plans how to achieve them.
They are leaders by nature and skilful in speeches. They are able to place themselves in a good light as they are positive usually. Mostly, they astonish with their energy and plans.
So, this is the general picture of any socially active person which is presented by the psychologists. At last, but not at least these people are to possess every of the listed characteristics, but also it is possible to develop many traits. For example, famous lectors have troubles with their articulation, so, they work on it in order to improve. Psychological approach to the development of the "leader's virtues" prompts to develop them from the very early age, but sometimes it is in vain, if a person does not have desire to be a leader. The parents of introverts are to be aware that it is easier to break a child than to make him be whoever he can not be. Anyway, it does not mean that the parents should not teach their children to be successful in a life.