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How to Be Less of an Extrovert
And more at peace with just you
Does being alone make you anxious? Are you worried your need for social interaction will
- prevent you from being a productive home-based worker?
- sabotage your ability to persevere in times of isolation?
- lead to anxiety?
You aren’t alone.
It’s important to remember, first and foremost, that extroversion is normal. In fact, many successful people are extroverts, to include Courteney Monroe (CEO of National Geographic Global Networks), Kristine Belson (president of Sony Pictures Animation), and Blair Rich (president worldwide marketing at Warner Bros.).
However, extroversion can have its drawbacks when opportunities to socialize aren’t readily available, and a move, a job change, a divorce, or — in an extreme case — a pandemic can all create a situation in which an extrovert is removed from a reliable social structure.
So, how to cope?
Read ahead for some helpful pointers.
1. Explore what’s behind your extroversion.
First, you want to be sure your aversion to being alone isn’t dependent personality disorder, characterized by “symptoms of anxiety when … not around…
