Hey Extraverts: Enough is Enough
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Hey Extraverts: Enough is Enough
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#2I've never met an introvert as introverted as the author. I'm not sure if he's caricaturing his own thoughts, or is something way out of the ordinary.
I'm not sure whether I'm an introvert or an extravert. I identify as the latter these days when forced, but definitely identified as an introvert in grade school; I don't really like either term. In any case, I certainly quickly grow tired of parties, or social situations where I need to meet a lot of people.
But throwing a spelling bee just so I wouldn't have to meet more kids sounds like something qualitatively different from anything I've ever felt or known anyone to ever feel.
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#3Interesting article. One of the biggest benefits I noticed, when I first started doing contract work remotely, was that I absolutely did not miss meetings. Previously, I had been working for a fairly large corporation and I switched to contracting to do my old job. Without the forced meetings, I was much more productive overall. 99% of the time, the outcome of a meeting was just as easily accomplished via a well thought out email or a quick chat session.
Even better, I noticed that meetings forced people to change their behaviour. They would "work to the meetings" meaning they would orient their efforts in order to be able to contribute in the meeting. Sometimes that meant holding back good ideas till the meeting and other times it meant working specifically on an area just to show it off in a meeting. I think this has a lot to do with the extrovert/introvert argument. The introverts in the office were already worried about the meeting itself so they had to over prepare in order to not be anxious about it. This was a totally foreign concept to the more extroverted in the office.
I personally think the majority of meetings helped management types feel more connected with what's going on, especially if they were mostly disconnected the rest of the time, and for the people involved they ended up being almost always just a waste of time.
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#4I personally have a hard time designing without talking with team members, friends, or random bystanders about the work. I do make breakthroughs when I sit down for some good ideation by myself, but before moving forward, I have to talk to someone. At work, this is a meeting (although informal). Working by yourself it's easy to get spun out onto random tangents and think for hours about rabbitholes, that in reflection with someone else aren't that important.
Both solitary work and meetings have their place.
(I'm an intorvert, mostly.)
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#5I feel like this guy is just whining about how hard his life is because he can't grasp basic social skills.
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#6I've never met an introvert as introverted as the author. I'm not sure if he's caricaturing his own thoughts, or is something way out of the ordinary. I'm not sure whether I'm an introvert or an extravert. I identify as the latter these days when forced, but definitely identified as an introvert in grade school; I don't really like either term. In any case, I certainly quickly grow tired of parties, or social situati…
I don't think the author is especially introverted.
He doesn't want to grab coffee or what not with random strangers. Well that's okay.
He doesn't want to go in meetings all the time. Sounds fine too.
Finally and probably most importantly, he doesn't want people who _just_ want to rule others (which is also a luxury of the extravert). That actually sounds ok too.
As usual and as with everything however, the most productive people and the best actual leaders will be the ones who can balance the two just right.
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#7Interesting article. One of the biggest benefits I noticed, when I first started doing contract work remotely, was that I absolutely did not miss meetings. Previously, I had been working for a fairly large corporation and I switched to contracting to do my old job. Without the forced meetings, I was much more productive overall. 99% of the time, the outcome of a meeting was just as easily accomplished via a well thou…
"majority of meetings helped management types feel more connected" ... isn't that technically there job? it might not be a need to feel, but a need to get information out of people they are struggling to get otherwise...
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#8This article is total overgeneralizing scientifically embarrassing bullshit. Not one single argument actually makes sense. Not even the spelling one. As a latin-cultivated person I can tell you: extrovert is THE correct spelling. Introvert, which is the opposite, comes from intra (inside) + versum (directed). It is intrOvert, as it is extrOvert. Second, there is no scientific evidence suggesting extroverts are less creative than introverts. All the other arguments are so ridicule and coming from gross scientific misinterpretations, that it is actually not even possible to bring them into consideration.
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#9> I invite you to make a New Year’s resolution: Refrain from organizing stuff. Don’t plan parties or outings...
All in the name of productivity! If the author feels parties are taking too much of his time away from work, can't he just not attend? No need to try and ruin everyone else's fun just because he wants to be miserable.
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#10Interesting article. One of the biggest benefits I noticed, when I first started doing contract work remotely, was that I absolutely did not miss meetings. Previously, I had been working for a fairly large corporation and I switched to contracting to do my old job. Without the forced meetings, I was much more productive overall. 99% of the time, the outcome of a meeting was just as easily accomplished via a well thou…
"majority of meetings helped management types feel more connected" ... isn't that technically there job? it might not be a need to feel, but a need to get information out of people they are struggling to get otherwise...
Yeah it is, I meant it more like they could have been connecting a dozen different ways, but they choose to wait for meetings instead, which ultimately accomplished very little.