"You Comment on Everything."
One day while I was at work, I was taking care of business as usual, and was making smalltalk with coworkers as they passed by. Suddenly one of my more friendly coworkers noted, "You know what? You comment on everything." Not with irritation or aggression, but a casual comment in passing. That kind of took me by surprise. Nobody had ever made that sort of direct statement to me. I immediately recognized it to be accurately descriptive of my workplace behavior.
To me it was an interesting observation, because much of the time I would consider myself an introvert. But when I arrive at the office, suddenly I become talkative, and find ways to create and enter conversations. Perhaps it is a work/personal dichotomy, where I switch different behaviors on and off based on my environment. Or perhaps it could be attributed to my desire to improve the mood and coworker connectedness at the office. Either way, I didn't consciously realize what I was doing.
I wonder whether there are other personal characteristics that I am expressing without realizing. What about you?
To me it was an interesting observation, because much of the time I would consider myself an introvert. But when I arrive at the office, suddenly I become talkative, and find ways to create and enter conversations. Perhaps it is a work/personal dichotomy, where I switch different behaviors on and off based on my environment. Or perhaps it could be attributed to my desire to improve the mood and coworker connectedness at the office. Either way, I didn't consciously realize what I was doing.
I wonder whether there are other personal characteristics that I am expressing without realizing. What about you?
posted by Ted Miin at 10/07/2007 06:28:00 PM
1 Comments:
Introverts often have to adopt an extrovert personality to survive in a work environment where networking, team building and effective relationships are often as important as the actual work itself.
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