There are two basic approaches to managing our preferences - each of which can contribute significantly to enhance our personal effectiveness. Both are discussed below.
Maximum benefits come from using the two approaches in combination.
Highly extraverted person's will be energized by doing an over center task in a noisy, crowded, fast paced or competitive environment. Highly introverted person's will be energized by doing an over center task in a quiet, out of the way, or slower environment with fewer distractions. Significantly, individuals and teams who start their day over center, using their natural preference in the appropriate context for at least an hour, report their whole day goes better. There is no doubt about it, starting each day with activities that use our natural lead makes a critical difference in the quality of our life. For best results structure your time so that for the first 1 to 2 hours each day or work period you do only those tasks which allow you to use your gifts in a context suited to your arousal level, without interruptions .