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Even though around half of any population identify as introverts, this is one aspect of diversity and inclusion that is often overlooked.
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Successful And Still Frustrated? | Becoming Braver (opens the original)
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Have you ever caught yourself saying, "Well, I can't grumble, I'm doing alright really", whilst another part of you is quietly thinking, "Are you sure?" Sometimes everything on the outside suggests we are doing just fine. We have the career, the position, the experience. We have worked hard and perhaps become rather good at coping, adapting and getting on with it. But what if that niggling frustration is trying to tell us something? What have you achieved that genuinely matters to you? Where hav
Ep 343 What Is Mine to Change (opens the original)
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We introverts do not need fixing, but that does not mean there is no room for growth, development and becoming braver. I have been thinking about what actually needs to change, what I want to change, and what is within my control or influence to change, because those are not necessarily the same thing. There is also a line of sight from our own behaviour through culture and into wider systems, and we have more influence than we may realise. The trick is knowing when something really is ours to c
Becoming Braver is Messy - But Worth It (opens the original)
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What if becoming braver isn't about finally reaching a point where we can say, "Right, that's bravery sorted"? I'm still becoming braver myself, still getting the collywobbles, and still having to choose bravery when fear would make staying put so much easier. My messy journey has made me curious about the complexity of the bravery continuum, and about what sits between recklessness and cowardice. Perhaps becoming braver is about getting curious enough to notice what is holding us back, then dec
What Is Frustration Telling You? | Becoming Braver Bonus (opens the original)
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Have you ever caught yourself sighing with frustration, accompanied by an eye-roll, and wondered what on earth that was about? Sometimes there is no single catastrophe to point at. Just years of adapting, being reasonable, giving someone else the benefit of the doubt, pushing through and thinking probably not worth making a fuss about . But what if our frustrations are worth exploring rather than guiltily fixing on the quiet? What have you been putting up with, where have you been holding yourse
Ep 342 The Performance of Certainty (opens the original)
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I have been thinking about certainty, and the curious pressure we seem to feel to know, or at least pretend to know, when life itself gives us very little guarantee. I explore why we introverts can be particularly susceptible to this, given how much we value getting our facts straight and knowing that our contribution is sound before we speak. Yet the more I think about it, the more I see that bravery is not found in having all the answers. It is found in recognising what we do and do not know,
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