From the course: Finding Your Introvert/Extrovert Balance in the Workplace
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Buy time
From the course: Finding Your Introvert/Extrovert Balance in the Workplace
Buy time
- I admire how extroverts like Tatiana can think on their feet and come up with a dozen ideas in the blink of an eye. But spouting ideas isn't an introvert's strength. Our great ideas are likely to happen after some quiet reflection. Here are some tips for buying time to think. First, ask for agendas in advance of meetings. Not only does this help the introvert have some think time, our meetings will be more efficient. If your goal is solving a problem, communicate the problem early. Ask that people come to the meeting prepared with their best ideas. Then when you're in a meeting or conversation, use phrases like, "I need a minute to think about this." Or, "Give me a second, I want to be "very clear about what I say." People are so uncomfortable with silence that they may keep talking which makes it hard for us to think because we're good listeners. So in that case, I've sometimes excused myself from a meeting for a quick stretch break or a bathroom break and I use that time to think.…
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