Have you considered that this critique of your communications skills is not solely focused on your being an introvert, but rather on your ability (or inability) to effectively communicate with the written word?
Where I work, I am constantly sending and receiving emails back and forth with people who are half my age who have no understanding of how to compose an email, or what kinds of details to provide in a help desk ticket, etc. When they do write, they keep it to a bare minimum - a minimum that requires me to have to exchange a ton of emails with them when it should have taken only one, or two at the most. Why they don't simply enclose the required information the first time around is beyond me.
Reading the emails is maddening. Incorrect spelling, poor grammar, lack of ability to explain a concept effectively - signs our educational system is going down the toilet.
I think that this behavior is somewhat due to the overuse and acceptance of SMS as being okay to communicate ideas - whether personal, or in my environment, professional. Other factors - good old-fashioned laziness, and "I don't give a damn" attitude.
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Have you considered that this critique of your communications skills is not solely focused on your being an introvert, but rather on your ability (or inability) to effectively communicate with the written word? Where I work, I am constantly sending and receiving emails back and forth with people who are half my age who have no understanding of how to compose an email, or what kinds of details to provide in a help desk ticket, etc. When they do write, they keep it to a bare minimum - a minimum that requires me to have to exchange a ton of emails with them when it should have taken only one, or two at the most. Why they don't simply enclose the required information the first time around is beyond me. Reading the emails is maddening. Incorrect spelling, poor grammar, lack of ability to explain a concept effectively - signs our educational system is going down the toilet. I think that this behavior is somewhat due to the overuse and acceptance of SMS as being okay to communicate ideas - whether personal, or in my environment, professional. Other factors - good old-fashioned laziness, and "I don't give a damn" attitude.