Chapter 26
BEING A GOOD INTROVERTED MANAGER
“I’M NERVOUS WHEN TALKING to others; how could I possibly ever become a manager? How could I ever lead anyone?”
“Being a manager is so scary! Couldn’t I just not take the promotion, instead?”
Each time someone comes up to me all distressed and asks me questions like these, I just want to give them a hug and tell them, “There is a way, my friend. Have you seen how awesome Bill Gates is?”
Cambridge University professor Brian R. Little, an internationally acclaimed scholar and speaker in the field of personality and motivational psychology, explored behavior that influences individuals and their workplace in his work Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being. He points out ...
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