It is no surprise that writers are five and a half times more often Introverts than Extroverts. Is it any wonder they shrink from self-promotion? Introverts do their thinking in their head, not rearranging sentences in mid-air once the words blurt out of their mouths. I read "Writers According to Myers-Briggs" on http://youngbloodblog.wordpress.com/myersbriggs today. The author reported the statistics and I drew the conclusion that writers just may be uncomfortable promoting their own work.
Really?
Introversion or Extroversion is the way an individuals orients themselves to the world. That makes it a personality trait, not something they turn off and on. One does not have to become an Extrovert to promote a novel, new business, or any other new project. You can learn to be assertive.
When you are assertive, you go about getting what you need without walking on anyone else. That's not Extroversion. That's confidence - and we all know some Extroverts who talk loud and long with no confidence at all.
You have a right, and are expected, to be assertive, to promote what you have for sale or have created. That's not a personality trait. That's belief in yourself.
Promote Yourself - Permit Success
Doris
Copyright 2013 Doris Gaines Rapp, Ph.D
[Promote Yourself ISBN: 978-0-9637200-7-8 (sc - soft cover), 978-0-692-01895-8 (eBook) will be available at www.bn.com or www.amizon.com on Friday, August 23, 2013.]
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