In many cases career related, it helps to be or at least act extroverted.
It helps to make connections, you never know when you need them.
It helps to find a mentor, someone to help you find the way.
Once a connection is made, it helps to maintain those connections.
It helps to speak your mind in meetings or during projects, you need to be assertive.
Esp. in this economy, it helps to sell yourself well.
One should also go to many events, you don't want to be seen as the unfriendly guy/girl who prefers to just go home after work. This has happened to me before.
All of the things above would come much easier to someone who is extroverted because the introvert after doing one or more of these, would be exhausted (at least I would).
I just find so many of these things draining. Sometimes you have to do a bunch of these in a day too. I had something today, and man was it tiring.
So what do you think? I think I'm going to take a break now.
J
EDIT: Forgot to add, I feel like i've botched a lot of these things before. I consider myself introverted AND shy. So many of these things are like pulling teeth for me. As I get older, I can play the part better and I am less afraid to speak up. That doesn't mean I feel any better about it than when I first tried it though.
It helps to make connections, you never know when you need them.
It helps to find a mentor, someone to help you find the way.
Once a connection is made, it helps to maintain those connections.
It helps to speak your mind in meetings or during projects, you need to be assertive.
Esp. in this economy, it helps to sell yourself well.
One should also go to many events, you don't want to be seen as the unfriendly guy/girl who prefers to just go home after work. This has happened to me before.
All of the things above would come much easier to someone who is extroverted because the introvert after doing one or more of these, would be exhausted (at least I would).
I just find so many of these things draining. Sometimes you have to do a bunch of these in a day too. I had something today, and man was it tiring.
So what do you think? I think I'm going to take a break now.
J
EDIT: Forgot to add, I feel like i've botched a lot of these things before. I consider myself introverted AND shy. So many of these things are like pulling teeth for me. As I get older, I can play the part better and I am less afraid to speak up. That doesn't mean I feel any better about it than when I first tried it though.