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2010: Introverts Our Time Has Come to Claim It!
Where are you being like an extrovert that you can and will let go of in 2010? Let’s agree to stop trying to be an extrovert; it’s just another preference after all. We can tap into our introvert preference for solitude and our skill strengths and make 2010 a stellar year in whatever area we want, and that will help many others in the process.

CEOs That Are Introverts
Often there’s a perception that to be a successful CEO, you need to be an extrovert. Media and pop culture reinforces this – we regularly see people that are comfortable in the spotlight and equate them with the model of success.
How to Become An Extrovert
I was staring down at a post-it note with a phone number of a potential client on it. My mind was racing about how to start the conversation so that I can get an appointment with him. My palms were sweaty and my breath short. I was thinking to myself, “John, this is the 3rd freakin’ day that you have been staring down that note and have not mustered the courage to pick up the phone and talk! Enough is Enough! Do it now! Do it now!” I picked up...
Introverts - More of a Transparent than Social Butterfly
Did you know there is such a thing as a transparent butterfly? Recently a friend emailed me some photos of this beautiful insect that comes from Central America. A quick internet search will find you many photos of this beautiful butterfly. The transparent butterfly is more of a metaphor for an introvert than you might first think. No, not a social butterfly but more like the transparent creature.
How to Handle a Spontaneous Response Successfully - As an Introvert
Have you ever been called on in a meeting to give your thoughts about the discussion but felt unprepared? Or maybe a brainstorming session is almost impossible for you? Even though we know an introvert's brain works differently than the extrovert's, we actually can prepare and plan for spontaneity!
Introvert Myth - Are Introverts Aloof Or Something Better?
If you're an introvert you may be accused of being aloof, snobby, stuck-up, rude or seeming disinterested. Years ago this would happen to me and I believed it. All I could do, without the understanding I have now, is apologize. Today, I would be able to take the accusation and explain it.
Introvert Myth - Why Are Introverts Perceived as AntiSocial?
The words, social introvert, might seem like an oxymoron to some people. The truth is that most introverts are social but because we might be social differently than extroverts, we get labeled antisocial. So what's going on?
Real Estate Marketing Strategies: Why is it that even the very best receive coaching?
Have you ever wondered why the best always have a coach? This article gives you some great insight on how a coach can work for you.

Misleading Mind-Sets, and Powerful Heart-Sets
Mind-sets can be accurate from a rational point of view but still be wrong. For example, a management professor at Yale University once responded to a student's proposal of a reliable overnight service that it was a "concept that is interesting and well informed, but in order to earn better than a C the idea must be feasible." Fred Smith went on to found the Federal Express Corporation. In the end, the professor's mind-set was wrong because his idea of what was feasible was limited. What is feasible, functional, possible, or proper to one person may be utter nonsense to a person who is working from the heart.
Sales Tip – Rock-A-Bye Salesperson, Tell Yourself a Better Bedtime Story
Have you considered your sales results may be directly related to the bedtime stories you tell yourself?
Sales Training – Top 35 Sales Tips Mostly for Introvert and Shy Salespeople
Whether it’s products, services or ideas, selling goes on everyday of the year by almost everyone. But what are the top 35 sales ideas that professional salespeople can apply the last 35 days of the year?
Sales Training – What Happens When Salespeople Start Their Day Off Like a Pop Tart?
What does selling have to do with Pop Tarts? Here are five metaphorical comparisons between the successful toasting of a Pop Tart and successful sales results.
Sales Training Can the Introvert Salespeople Find Happy Hour Bliss?
The history differs about the origins of Happy Hour. Happy Hour would also be planned differently whether it was salespeople who are introverts or extroverts.
Who’s Responsible for Increased Sales Anyway?
As a sales professional do you take full responsibility for your actions? Do you take full responsibility for what happens to you?
What Makes a Great Salesperson
Here's what you'll need to become a great salesperson. (Hint: Your manager needs to help!)
Are you DisNavigated?
The DisNavigation Quiz will tell you whether you’ve got “Personal Strategic Vision" for your life, need a push or are totally stuck in DisNavigation City

Other extrovert Related Articles

Truths for Introverts Who Sell: What We Don’t Need To Learn The Extroverted Hard Way – Part Six
“Why were you so quiet tonight?” is a question that can put an introvert on the defensive. And when it comes from a socializing extrovert it can sound like we just committed the faux pas of a lifetime.
CEOs That Are Introverts
Often there’s a perception that to be a successful CEO, you need to be an extrovert. Media and pop culture reinforces this – we regularly see people that are comfortable in the spotlight and equate them with the model of success.
Sales Training – Introvert Salespeople Celebrate Speed Reduction Day to Rev Up Sales!
Selling has a balance of extroverting and introverting activities. Yet, as human beings selling, we are mostly doing instead of being, and that’s where the problem is when introverts follow an extrovert’s lead in selling.
Introvert Coach Tip - Top 3 Ways the Introvert and Extrovert Brains Differ
Introvert or extrovert the commonality for us is both have a brain. If it's true about introverts brains being different than extrovert brains then what about our brains make the distinctions in preferences more understandable?
Coaching Tip - Top 3 Ways Introverts Increase Power by Being True to Their Nature
When we feel positive and confident about our lives we’re like a beaker totally filled with clear fluid. Why would an introvert want to become more like an extrovert when all the power is already within their beaker?
You Schmooze, You Lose!
I generally think of myself as a borderline introvert/extrovert. Despite this, much of my business comes through networking and referrals; this marketing strategy requires me to go to events, meet strangers, make phone calls, schedule appointments, and actively cultivate new relationships. This is a breeze on my “extrovert” days, and much more of a struggle on my “introvert” days. What I’ve found, though, is that the more selective I am about where, when, and how I network, the easier it all is, regardless of how I’m feeling on a particular day. In this article I explore some basic principles for making in-person networking more comfortable, more fulfilling, and more fun, regardless of whether you’re building a business, advancing your career, or just wanting to meet new friends!
Introvert Myth - Are Only Introverts Shy?
People who are shy can be either introvert or extrovert. So much research points to this. And one researcher, Bernardo Carducci, psychology professor and director of the Shyness Research Institute at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, finds there are far more shy people than introverts. It's estimated to be as high as 40 percent of Americans who are shy!
An Accountant or a Leader - but rarely both
Sometimes I think that the world is divided between the people who make things happen and those that account for it. I know it is an over simplification but all the personality assessments, type indicators and their like break us into four types: The Pragmatic, the Analytical, the Amiable and the Extrovert.

2010: Introverts Our Time Has Come to Claim It!
Where are you being like an extrovert that you can and will let go of in 2010? Let’s agree to stop trying to be an extrovert; it’s just another preference after all. We can tap into our introvert preference for solitude and our skill strengths and make 2010 a stellar year in whatever area we want, and that will help many others in the process.

Charismatic Leadership and a Piece of Cake
Think about when you have met someone who you have described later as "spectacular" or "electric" or "amazing". What do you think the one special thing was about him or her? Most of us think charisma belongs to someone who is an extrovert, who has a strong handshake, who tells a great joke. That may well be. Yet, if that is all that is there the attraction will become dull and boring after the second or third encounter.

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