{"id":44263,"date":"2018-06-26T17:17:40","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T00:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/world.edu\/?p=44263"},"modified":"2018-06-26T17:17:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T00:17:40","slug":"how-to-be-the-star-phd-student-when-you-are-an-introvert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/how-to-be-the-star-phd-student-when-you-are-an-introvert\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be the \u2018star PhD student\u2019 \u2013 when you are an introvert"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I wrote this post in response to a comment on a previous post called\u00a0Why you are not the star student (and how to become one)<\/a>. The gist of the article was that to be a \u2018star\u2019, you needed to extend yourself beyond your research and make connections. A comment was made that \u2018academia: just another field where extroverts have the upper hand\u2019. \u00a0Inger suggested that that may not be accurate and perhaps an introvert could respond. \u00a0I describe myself as an introvert, and I asked to write a response post.<\/p>\n

It is perhaps best to start by stating how I see introverts\/extroverts. I am an engineer, I am not going to be perfect on this by any means and can only speak from my experience as a self-defined introvert. The general trait of extroverts can be described as that they are energised by interacting with other people, and the more the better. \u00a0The inverse is the general trait of introverts. They are drained of energy by interacting with people; for them, the fewer the better.<\/p>\n

For the rest of this article, I will speak as an introvert with strategies on how to be a \u2018star student\u2019.<\/p>\n

The first thing to be aware of is that none of the traits or actions suggested in the article have anything to do with whether or not you\u2019re an introvert.<\/p>\n