Despair that you’ll never be gregarious or outgoing enough to succeed at networking? Never fear, introverts. Here are 3 strategies for making connections using your own unique gifts.
I am an introvert. My consulting business blooms or withers largely on the basis of my networking prowess. Fifteen years ago, this painful dichotomy kept me up at night.
I signed up for a networking event in Washington, D.C., and the anticipation proved nearly as damaging as the networking itself: What was I going to talk about? How would I start conversations with complete strangers? What if everyone ignored me? By the time the event date arrived, I was a basket case.
Fellow introverts, it’s possible to do things differently. We don’t have to be flaming extroverts to be successful networkers. We just need to think differently.
To read the rest of this post, which just went live on Inc.com, click here: The Introverts’ Networking Survival Guide!
