Entrepreneurial Introverts?

Is this a conundrum? Can it be done? Being a great leader requires the ability to continuously give yourself others. Can being an introvert help create time for reflection or will feeling drained from too much socializing hinder our ability to build rapport effectively? Does being an extroverted leader have its pitfalls? Are you an Entrepreneurial Introvert? I’d love to know your thoughts on this.

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Uncle · 46-50, M

Of course it can be done. Entrepreneurship often tends to give you control over social situations, which actually works quite well. I am an introvert, yet I sometimes crave company and social interaction. Of course it is tiring... but in my example, being a freelance language teacher allows me to have social interaction where I am very much in control and that is very clearly limited in time. So, I get my interaction exactly the way I choose to and it's always in my control how much I want or need. If I didn't run my own business, I could never have that kind of control over what I do...