How can an introvert stand out in a workplace full of extroverts?

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We had to do our own preformance plans at work and keep track of our own work that we did on a daily basis. Maybe even if you don’t you could do this on a regular basis and offer it to your manager and let he/she know you have been keeping track just because it gets so busy at work and offer to send it to her for a preformance stand point. Its something that will make your managers job easier when having to write up performance evaluations if you don’t have to do it. It also helps you keep track of how you are doing and where you need improvements on a personal level. I was never one with competing with others for recognition and never made a point of making things known of what I was doing but my input never went un-noticed by upper management since other departments would compliment my work without my knowledge. You don’t always have to toot your own horn to make yourself noticed in the workplace alot of time your great work speaks for itself.

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