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• The nature of the job
• The requirements of the tasks and other activities at the
time
• A person’s mood at the time
• What co-workers are like
• How much social interaction a person’s psyche requires
How Gregarious Are You?
How outgoing you are affects the extent to which socializing is
integral to your job satisfaction. You can assess your gregari-
ousness by comparing your own preferences with the ones
below. The most gregarious people would rather:
1. Attend a sporting event than watch it on TV.
2. Go to a party than read a good book.
3. Visit with friends than work on a hobby.
4. Watch a team sport like football than watch an individual
sport like gymnastics.
5. Work with a committee of people than work on a project
alone.
6. Go shopping with family or friends than shop on their own.
7. Take a cruise vacation than get away from it all on a near-
deserted island.
8. Play cards with friends than work on a jigsaw puzzle.
9. Attend a networking business function than read a useful
newsletter.
10. Give a great office party than master a new piece of office
equipment.
11. Be a therapist than be an author.
12. Take aerobics classes than take long walks alone.
13. Play charades than play computer games.
14. Be a talk-show host than be a sculptor.
15. Talk on the phone than do some gardening.
16. Attend a convention than watch a series of motivational
tapes.
17. Carpool than drive to work alone.