While many people see it as a negative, it's possible to make it a superpower in your career.
Feeling awkward is unavoidable if you want to get ahead at work. Here's how to embrace your inner cringe to your advantage.
“They think of it as either a deficiency or a weakness that they need to fix. ‘If I still feel awkward at work, it must mean I’m not ready, or it must mean I don’t have enough confidence,’” Pryor said. “When in reality, awkwardness is, A) an emotion that’s 100% universal, and B) something that’s completely unavoidable if professional growth is our objective, because at every inflection point of growth, you’re exponentially increasing and inviting the likelihood of awkwardness.
The truth is, the people you admire at work have all experienced awkwardness ― they just know how to power through it. In one of the experiments, students viewed photos of different people who showed either gaze-averting, small smiles of embarrassment, blank neutrality or a chin-up prideful expression. When the researchers asked students, “If this person were a fellow student, how likely is it that you would ask her to join a study group that you were a part of?” the students were more likely to pick the person with an embarrassed expression.
“It was actually alarming how instantly his shoulders relaxed, because all of a sudden, he saw me as this human,” Pryor said. “I did end up closing the deal, but I honestly am thankful for that moment because it was the connection point we needed in what was otherwise a stiff conversation.“agreed that acknowledging awkwardness can be stressful in the short-term but ultimately relieving.
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