Confessions of a closet introvert

One of my favorite blogs, www.repmanblog.com, posted recently about “introverts making a go of it in professions dominated by extroverts.”  Blogger Steve Cody admits that he has taken improvisation and stand-up comedy to get over his innate shyness.

How many of us in public relations are actually introverts and not extroverts?   In her post this winter about her shyness, blogger Dushka Zapata writes that “according to the Meyers [sic] Briggs type indicator, an ‘extrovert’ and an ‘introvert’ are defined based on where they get their energy. An extrovert is ‘energized by the outer world of people and things’ and an introvert is ‘energized by the inner world of thoughts and ideas.’”

This difference must be what makes some of us PR people gravitate towards writing (my favorite) and some of us towards event planning (would rather have a root canal).  What part of PR do you hate?   That will probably tell you a lot about which side you fall on, introvert or extrovert.

Graphic from http://myers.team-technology.co.uk