Ep110 Show Notes: Three Little Words About This Episode How much of your energy do you expend rescuing others? Putting out fires? Being the hero? It can feel virtuous and purposeful to be "The Fixer," but it's also draining your valuable introvert energy. There's another way to support and empower others without sacrificing yourself. In this episode, I share my most popular post to-date, along … [Read more...]
Ep105: John Hargrave Goes 21 Days Without Food in Extreme Mind Hacking Experiment
Ep105 Podcast Show Notes: Sir John Hargrave About John John Hargrave is the CEO of Media Shower, the world's premiere content marketing company. His new book "Mind Hacking," about how to reprogram your mind and change your life, is now available from Simon and Schuster's Gallery Books or at www.mindhacki.ng Key Conversation Points Food as a social experience Making your thinking better … [Read more...]
How to Cure a Case of Shoulditis
Forgive me, friends, for I have sinned. It's been (mumbles) days since my last blog post and (mumbles) weeks since my last newsletter. But it's been at least 100 days without a workplace injury! (small victories!) The truth is, I've been a bit stuck. It happens to us all. Back in June, my friend and colleague Sophia Dembling contacted me to get my input on a post she was writing about … [Read more...]
Ep83: An Introduction to Mind Hacking with Sir John Hargrave
Self-talk is powerful stuff. It can make or break your efforts in just about everything you try, from starting a business, sticking to a diet, or improving a relationship. What if you could do a little mind hacking and get control of your self-talk? In this episode of The Introvert Entrepreneur Podcast, we dive a bit deeper into how to shift the way we think and the words we use to talk about our … [Read more...]
The One Phrase You Need to Stop Saying Right Now
Please don't take this the wrong way, but... I don't care how busy you are. I'm busy, you're busy, we're all busybusybusy. So why do we always feel it's necessary to broadcast our busy-ness to the world? (Time-out: Did you know this blog post is also in audio format? Scroll down to access the "blogcast" version!) Let me back up. Over the past few years, I've noticed that many of us … [Read more...]
The Key to Entrepreneurial Freedom? Catch and Release
We've all heard the expression "You are not your job." It usually makes its way into conversation when we've had a stressful day, received criticism, or are just plain tired and afraid our work is consuming us. We feel it's important to separate ourselves from the work, to remind ourselves that we are not it, and it is not us. But what if it is? What if the work is us? What if it's a … [Read more...]
How to Brag Without Sounding Like a Conceited Jerk
My clients love me! A customer told me I saved his life! I just had lunch with Popular Jane Entrepreneur, she's so awesome! I wasn't that impressed with Famous Joe Entrepreneur, I would have done this, this, and this! Ick. This is what self-promotion often sounds like online. It's no wonder introverts often find themselves self-promotion-adverse! I've done some deep thinking over … [Read more...]
“If They Only Knew…”: A Cure for the Common Critic
"You work so hard!" (What do you mean, I only work a fraction of what I should...) "You're so successful!" (Don't let the nice website fool ya...) "You've got your act together." (Ha! You should see my desk!) "You're so good at ____." (But I stink at everything else.) "You're so brave!" (If you only knew how afraid I was...) Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall... I was having coffee with a colleague a … [Read more...]
How to Be Who You Already Are
When I was a music major in undergrad, my friends and I were orchestra groupies. We'd go to as many concerts as we could and always want to go backstage afterwards to see our teachers. Early on, we learned that we needed to act as if we were entitled to be there: wear all black, maybe carry our instrument with us, breeze through the side door with a look of authority and confidence. It's … [Read more...]
Seven Sayings That Have Saved My Business (and My Sanity)
Words have power. Hearing just the right word, at just the right moment, can completely change our entire world. This morning, I was fortunate to hear Nancy Duarte speak on the power of story in communication. She started by defining resonance, which she's described in her blog: "If you know an object’s natural rate of vibration, you can make it vibrate without touching it. Resonance occurs when … [Read more...]