3. Introverted people, who have successful professional careers, what are your tips...

Introverted people, who have successful professional careers, what are your tips for success? [Serious]

Practice and learn to be completely straight with people about how you feel, what you think and what you know about work-related issues. Don't let your introversion or social awkwardness stop you from communicating properly because workplace communication is very important and if you don't speak for yourself, someone else will. You don't need to be a socialite to earn people's respect, but you will lose their respect if they perceive your introversion as weakness or secrecy. If you are in a competitive workplace, your boss may actually prefer you for your low-key efficiency and reliability over the loud-mouth sack of shit who talks more than he works (assuming of course your boss is not an impressionable sack of shit himself, in which case quality of work has little value). Instead of aiming for superstar status or settling for average Joe, try to establish the reputation of a monk, in which case your quietness/solitude and the quality of your work are seen as complimentary and not contradictory.

In my opinion proper work ethic and proper work communication go hand in hand. If you know you are doing a good job, you should not feel overly awkward or uncomfortable talking to colleagues or bosses about work. If you doubt you are working well, conversations will be the downright scary. Introverts can hold jobs that would normally be attributed to extroverts as long as they know what they are doing. For example, I've worked with introverted sales(wo)men who clearly didn't enjoy the amount of social interaction they had to endure in the course of a day. The ones who didn't make the effort to do their job properly (talk to clients, know the products) ended up with more problems than the ones who managed to follow procedure and who knew what they were talking about, and more problems means more talking to people and more awkwardness. Do yourself a favor and avoid all the most uncomfortable social situations at work by doing your job properly, which includes punctual communication. Like every other skill known to mankind, it takes PRACTICE and you will get better even if it seems really really hard right now :)

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