Shonda Rhimes, the prolific creator and producer of ABC’s hit television shows Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, was not as confident in herself as you might think. “I am an introvert. Deep. To the bone,” she writes early in her new book, Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person. A chance …
“Activate your inner Beyoncé,” minister Cynthia James encouraged us to do in a talk I attended awhile back at Mile Hi Church in Denver. Reverend Cynthia wanted us to express ourselves to the fullest. “Don’t restrict it – Beyoncé holds nothing back!” she said. Until yesterday’s Super Bowl I had never seen Beyoncé perform. Wow! Talk about being uninhibited. The …
Last month I reviewed Susan Cain’s excellent book “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking “ . Not everyone is into books, though, so I was glad to see Susan Cain this week on a TED Talk summarizing the key points of her book: Most of the comments on the TED site were positive in …
I have mentioned in the past my guest blog post on Susan Cain’s Power Of Introverts site about my positive experience in Toastmasters. I overcame my fear of public speaking thanks to Toastmasters! I am not sure if my blog post encouraged anyone to give Toastmasters a try, but I know of one person it influenced – my son. Josh …
“Don’t hire introverts!” the workshop leader said to a group of travel agents at a conference I attended in 2002. He was giving advice on how to run a successful agency. “Oh great,” I thought. I had just left a 21 year career as a very introverted software engineer to enter the field of travel. The prospects of me succeeding …
This past weekend I attended a church workshop about being “Set Free”. The event was a transformative experience – I received insights on forgiveness and I stepped out of my comfort zone as I participated in many exercises interacting with people I did not know. It was all good … until the end. For the closing ceremony the workshop leader, …