Leap of Faith

Starting anything is challenging.

Typically I will have what I think is a brilliant idea, and I’ll start to run with it.  I’ll work out the details wayyyy far into the weeds, communicate the idea with a bunch of people who may not be as enthused as I am, then get burned out too fast and throw in the towel before the gun goes off to start the race. Aside from a record of most idiomatic expressions in an opening paragraph, I wanted to mainly paint the picture of my hesitation.

The goal of this blog is to reach out to all hesitant people like me, as well as help them explain to their bold and brave counterparts on just why some people are the way they are… And that it is OK.

That is not to say that all introverts are the same. We are not. I come from a long line of introverts – each one of us very different in our personalities, and our needs. I also tend to surround myself with a core group of friends who also share the introverted tendencies (what a shocker) and each one of them again is programmed differently.

I lean on the extroverted side of the introvert pendulum, and my husband leans towards the introverted side of the extrovert. Not sure if this transition has evolved through osmosis of us living together or not, but even though we are similar in a lot of ways, we often times have disagreements about what each other person wants or needs. These needs ranged anywhere from quiet time, to party time with the other person staring at them like they’d just grown a third eye ball at the request.

After one such heated discussion I realized that this is probably not rare, and that are other couples out there that may have the same situation.

This epiphany of normality also led to some conversations in the work place – with the people I tend to spend the most time with, week in and week out. They too are an eclectic jumble of personalities, each one performing their responsibilities in their own way.

This got me to thinking what personality type works best in which role, and how did each person present themselves and advocate their upward progression? What makes the ideal manager, or administrative assistant, or president? What skills do each person utilize to get the job done?

I’m not sure how far this will go. But for now I’m diving in using this blog side as a launching point and as a means to actively communicate with the world on the ways of the introvert / extrovert personality in relationships and in the work place…and hopefully shed some light on the stereotypes and misconceptions about each personality.

I’ll let Sponge Bob communicate my stance on this new adventure……