16 Strategies To Being An Effective Introverted Worker (4 of 4)

Channeling The Creativity

Every person is creative, but how we manifest creativity and how we use it is different. For an introvert, it can be challenging to channel their creativity, but there is a way around it. The biggest thing being the use of the time when you are recharging to tap into your creative side.

Some of the greatest ideas and leaps in innovation and art have all stemmed from quiet and cerebral people. Prime examples of these leaps are the theory of evolution, personal computers and even Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. All of these have come from great minds, the minds that were listening to their inner worlds.

Recharging at Work

If you just got out of a long meeting or an intense conversation, don’t be ashamed to take a little bit of time for yourself. Use this time to go for a short walk by yourself or find a nice and quiet place to eat your lunch.

Teaming Up With an Extrovert

Just because you’re an introvert, doesn’t mean that extroverted people are your enemies. In fact, some of the best and effective teams are a combination of introverts and extroverts.

For you to be efficient, take some time to form relationships with extroverted people and formulate strategies. The whole idea is to break work and assignments down to tasks that each person is great at.

Realizing That You’ll Never Become Extroverted

But probably the most important thing is that no matter how much you grow and develop, realize that you’ll never become an extrovert. Problems arise when we try to force ourselves to change our personality and identity too much too quickly. Not to mention fighting our own personality. Of course people can change, but a good quote to live by with regards to this goes like this:

“Bill Gates will never become Bill Clinton, no matter how much he polishes his social skills, and Bill Clinton will never be Bill Gates, no matter how much time he spends all alone with computers.”