Introverted leaders bring deep empathy that helps them understand others' struggles, while extroverts provide energizing social energy. The best teams blend both types, and both need to embrace boredom and gaps in their schedule as mental rest rather than avoidance.
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There are leaders who have talked so much that they feel like they've pumped people up, but they haven't actually understood why is this person struggling. So, I see the tremendous strengths of introverted sellers, introverted leaders, and truly, we are better together rather than one or the other, right? Okay.
I think, I mean, the thing you mentioned there is, the empathy. And that's not to say that— so, this almost feels like a beat-up on extroverts. It shouldn't be like that. Some of my greatest friends, some of my best friends are extroverts. But we kind of need that too because if there's an introvert, I'd be happy to kind of sit there and not do anything for weekend after weekend, I think, at times. And an extrovert will get you out. But also, what I think I've been able to do is find peace in boredom. You know, I'm not— and I don't mean by being lazy, but it's okay not to have to do something, not to feel like I need to do something. And I don't want people to use that as an excuse to not do anything at all, but it's okay to have gaps, have gaps in the calendar and the social calendar in particular. And I think When I consider the way I approach something, I've just gone about it in a different way because I now understand why I feel the way I feel, why someone may act the way they act.
