"I think I'm a weird combination of deeply introverted and very daring. I can feel both those things working."
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Welcome to the Introvert Ideal!  I'm Christian, Introvert Revolutionary.  I work with introverts who want to play bigger, discover their own Revolutionary Wisdom. 

I believe it's time for a new ideal, The Introvert Ideal.   It's time introverts stopped apologizing for not being loud enough, not visible enough, not confident enough or worse, not extrovert enough.   It's time for introverts to shine, using their insightful, confident, original and well- thought out voices.   

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If you have landed here then you probably know that introversion is not the same as being shy.  For years I was told that I was "shy" or "quiet".    People were always surprised that I was intelligent when they heard me speak.  They associated my quietness with feeling inferior or lacking confidence.   I used to believe it.  I don't any more.  Neither should you. 

For too long, extroverts have been given top billing as far as the characteristic ideal.  You were doomed if you did not develop a gregarious personality, constantly speaking up at meetings or methodically jumping into conversations with witty anecdotes or one liners.    To introverts, being this type of "humorous" in the workplace feels about as natural as passing a rubber chicken off as a punchline.      

We have all been in meetings where time seems to stand still.   There is usually an agenda which never gets completed because the participants are usually jockying to speak up and be noticed in front of The Boss.    The same sentence or thought gets paraphrased for an hour, leaving the agenda unfinished which requires...another meeting.  And the pattern repeats.    You leave meetings with a worried look wondering,  "Did I say enough? Will I be criticized if I didn't?" As a proud, somewhat rebellious introvert, I have always sought alternative paths to success.    I have rarely subscribed to the status quo and have been able to navigate extroverted waters using my natural, introverted skills.   Trying to fit into the extroverted ideal always backfired for me.  It was only when I stayed true to myself that my real voice could be heard.  Whenever I did this an interesting thing happened.   If I felt a subject was of value and I had time to give my full attention to it, I dominated the room with my opinions and point of view.   Go figure. 

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