Are You An Introvert Or An Extrovert? What It Means For Your Career

By Fast Company - 2013-08-21

Description

Extroverts are outgoing and introverts are shy, right? Not exactly. Truly understanding each personality type–and which one you are–can help you manage a vast range of experiences.

Summary

  • Recently I dug into some of the full-on research about introverts versus extroverts, and I think I’m much closer to understanding what the terms introvert and extrovert actually mean.
  • Extroverts, on the other hand, gain energy from other people.
  • The difference in the dopamine system in the extrovert’s brain tends to push them towards seeking out novelty, taking risks, and enjoying unfamiliar or surprising situations more than others.
  • The commonly held myth that being highly extroverted is important for a salesperson is actually untrue, since extreme extroverts lack the balance of an ambivert, which helps them to use varied approaches to closing a sale.

 

Topics

  1. NLP (0.09)
  2. UX (0.07)
  3. Machine_Learning (0.06)

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