Ep89 Show Notes About Dave Stachowiak Dave Stachowiak has spent the last eleven years honing his skills at the prestigious Dale Carnegie corporate training and self-improvement firm. He is currently Executive Vice President of Talent Development with Dale Carnegie of Southern Los Angeles. Dave leads training programs for top organizations, and was named by Forbes as one of the 25 Professional … [Read more...]
What To Do If You Have Static Cling
Every coach, counselor, or therapist has heard it from at least one client: I'm stuck. "Stuck" is our go-to word to describe a state where we feel immobilized by life, like we can't move. We can't make a decision. Our feet are stuck in the muddy rut. Life keeps moving around us, but we stay still, unmoving, unchanging. Static. Most of the time, we think it's because we don't know what … [Read more...]
Introversion, Perception and Reality with Alice Boyes
For many people, discovering where they fell on the introvert-extrovert spectrum didn’t come at an early age. So they grew up with a set of perceptions about who they were that may or may not have been based in reality. This is especially true for introverts; for instance, I grew up thinking that I was socially unskilled and not a good conversationalist. I hear similar stories from my clients and … [Read more...]
Are You Building a Business or Buying a Job?
During my December session with my coach, he made a quick statement that I had to write down: "Make sure your plans help you build a business, not buy a job." I'd heard him say something like that before, but it really stuck with me this time. I shared the statement on my Facebook Page, and pretty quickly, a fan named Mark chimed in with this excellent question: How can one tell, if one is … [Read more...]
Dreaming for Introverts: A Special Conversation with Betsy Talbot
One of my favorite parts of being an entrepreneur is that I regularly meet people who have amazing dreams. They pour their heart and soul into bringing those dreams to life, regardless of naysayers or fears. It's not that they don't experience fear, or feel dinged by the naysayers - they just move through them in service to their dream. Betsy Talbot of Married With Luggage is one of those people. … [Read more...]
Tabatha Takes Over The Introvert Entrepreneur
She's bitchy, ballsy and brash. She's Tabatha, and she's taking over. I might be a little late to the party, but I've just discovered "Tabatha's Salon Takeover" (to be relaunched on Jan 10 as "Tabatha Takes Over"), and I'm hooked. Tabatha Coffey is almost the complete opposite of me in every respect (although, when I was around 7 or 8, I had worked out a basic business plan and was … [Read more...]
Life Lessons from the Lake
There's a phenomenon that happens with many fresh water lakes a few times a year called "lake turnover." Without getting into the details (you can read one of the more simple explanations I found here), it's a process that happens when the surface water reaches a certain temperature (39.2 degrees F to be exact) and becomes denser and heavier than the water under it. That top layer sinks and … [Read more...]
Living a Life You Love as an HSP Introvert with Dr. Susan Biali
One of the keys to a happy life is understanding and accepting who you are, and learning to create the life you love based on that understanding. As we’ve talked about many times on this podcast, introverts have an enormous capacity for success when they recognize and strengthen their best traits. My guest today is a perfect example of what can manifest when an introverted heart and mind … [Read more...]
What to Do When You Have a Yucky, Mucky, Sucky Day
There's a fabulous 2003 episode of "Sex and the City" that tells the sad tale of a poorly implemented break-up. Carrie, our lead protagonist, awakes after an evening with her boyfriend to find herself alone with a post-it note that says, "I'm sorry, I can't, don't hate me." She takes the note to breakfast with her gal pals, seething with anger and disgust. At some point, she decides that … [Read more...]
Small Talk Savvy (and More!) with Melissa Wadsworth
As we know, introverts are often drained by too much social interaction. But that isn’t always the case. There are times when we’re nurtured by social interaction – if it’s meaningful to us. That’s why I can sit for hours with a small group of friends and have deep conversations. Where the interactions become challenging is when I am with a lot of people and the conversations stay on a casual, … [Read more...]