There’s a word for ‘people who are in their heads too much’: thinkers. — Susan Cain Thank you Susan Cain for inspiring so many of us #introverts on our journey to self-acceptance and thence to celebrating what makes us unique. At our introvert meetups, I hear so many of our members seemingly lament that
How To Stay Energetically Vibrant When Presenting
How do you stay energetically vibrant while presenting or speaking, when you are scraping the bottom of the tank (so to speak), and it’s not possible to just leave? This is a thought-provoking question I was asked after sharing some tips I’ve learned about managing my introvert energy. I can think of a number of
Sales, Marketing and Self-Promotion For Introverts
In conversations with my introvert community members, these thoughtful nuggets were shared: 1. It is easier to promote someone else’s material / program than our own. We are happy to recommend another’s service if we like it, but the moment we are asked about our business, we stumble and stutter
We may know that a growth mindset trumps a fixed mindset… That READY – FIRE – AIM beats READY – AIM – READY – AIM… We may agree with the saying “Feel the fear and do it anyway”… But at the deepest part of us, the part that matters, we
How fulfilled are you in your career?
According to Brendon Burchard, a great way to assess your professional situation in 2022 is to ask these 3 vital questions which are part of his Fulfillment Model. Note he does not say Success Model, because success and fulfillment are not necessarily the same thing. 1. Creative Expression – What
Why we don’t want to be with other people
A mentor made a pronouncement recently that caused my introvert ears to perk up. To paraphrase him, a lot of people – including and particularly introverts – don’t want to be with other people, not because they don’t like other people, but because they haven’t learned to be themselves around
How to use stories to change your behaviour
Some months ago, a mentor recommended a list of books to help with our understanding of various concepts. When this particular book first arrived, I balked at its length (over 300 pages) and kept putting off reading it. I had no difficulty finishing the other six, but this one just
When you say you need “more clarity”
Been thinking a lot about intentions, resolutions, and what’s my word for the new year. This one just landed in my consciousness. VALOR. A lot of times, when I ask people what they need more of, they say they need more clarity. They want to know what the next step
At this time of year, I love reading my favourite influencers’ top 5 lessons and reflections, and using them as prompts to frame my own reflections. I love being curious about how successful people ‘do it’: Why did they choose this to highlight? What did they do that I can
Do you have a strong emotional attachment to the way your career, health, finances, endeavours “should” be? Do you get triggered when life refuses to follow the script? I should be further along in my career by now. My finances are not where they should be compared to my peers.
