Whatfinger Startup And Small Business
    What's Hot

    The $200 Prada Paperclip

    June 29, 2025

    Raise. Your. Price.

    June 29, 2025

    Go Be In A Bad Mood

    June 29, 2025
    Whatfinger News Headlines

    The $200 Prada Paperclip

    June 29, 2025

    Raise. Your. Price.

    June 29, 2025

    Go Be In A Bad Mood

    June 29, 2025

    Naming expert shares process for creating billion-dollar brands: Vercel, Azure, Windsurf, Sonos

    June 29, 2025

    His Lawyer Apologized For Him

    June 28, 2025

    Winners KNOW They’re Gonna Win

    June 28, 2025

    If you’re ambitious and in your 20s or 30s, please watch this.

    June 28, 2025

    When Are You Rich?

    June 28, 2025
    Facebook Twitter Instagram
    Monday, June 30
    • Whatfinger®
    • Breaking
    • Videos
    • Fast Clips
    • Entertainment
    • Military
    • Sports
    • Humor
    • Money
    • Daily List
    • World
    • Crazy Clips
    • Daily Paper
    • Sci-Tech
    • Top 3
    • Choice Clips
    • About
    • Retirement
    Whatfinger Startup And Small BusinessWhatfinger Startup And Small Business
    Whatfinger Startup And Small Business
    Home » A field guide for introverts: How to thrive at work without changing who you are | Susan Cain

    A field guide for introverts: How to thrive at work without changing who you are | Susan Cain

    webmasterBy webmasterMarch 16, 2025 All Videos 3 Mins Read
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email

    Susan Cain, author of the groundbreaking bestseller Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, shares a guide for how introverts can thrive in the workplace without sacrificing their authentic selves. Drawing from her extensive research and personal experience, Cain offers a powerful reframing: success doesn’t require becoming more extroverted—it demands becoming more fully yourself.

    What you’ll learn:
    1. A simple definition of introversion and how it differs from shyness—plus a simple two-question test to determine where you fall on the spectrum.
    2. Five practical tactics introverts can use to be more successful in business while staying true to their natural temperament.
    3. How to handle challenging workplace scenarios like meetings dominated by loud voices and networking events that drain your energy.
    4. Specific strategies for managers and founders to create environments where introverted team members can contribute their best work.
    5. Practical techniques for saying "no" to energy-draining commitments
    6. Strategies for managers to better support and leverage introverted team members
    7. Practical advice for raising introverted children to help them develop confidence while honoring their natural temperament.
    8. Why seeking to become "more extroverted" is the wrong goal—and what to focus on instead to achieve professional success.

    —

    Brought to you by:
    • Enterpret — Transform customer feedback into product growth: https://enterpret.com/lenny
    • Vanta — Automate compliance. Simplify security: https://vanta.com/lenny
    • Fundrise Flagship Fund — Invest in $1.1 billion of real estate: https://www.fundrise.com/lenny

    Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/a-field-guide-for-introverts-susan-cain

    Where to find Susan Cain:
    • X: https://x.com/susancain
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susancain/
    • Website: https://susancain.net/
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/susancainauthor/#
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorsusancain
    • Substack: https://substack.com/@susancain

    Where to find Lenny:
    • Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com
    • X: https://twitter.com/lennysan
    • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/

    In this episode, we cover:
    (00:00) Introduction to Susan Cain
    (05:07) Understanding introversion
    (08:55) The spectrum of introversion and extroversion
    (13:27) Overcoming public speaking anxiety
    (17:13) Learning to embrace your introverted self
    (23:16) The power of leaning into your strengths
    (24:36) Strategies for introverts to thrive in their career
    (34:06) The importance of saying no
    (38:35) What to do instead of networking
    (41:59) Effective meeting participation for introverts
    (47:31) Creating a productive work environment
    (51:14) Raising an introverted child
    (57:58) Finding the right career fit
    (01:08:09) Lightning round and final thoughts

    Referenced:
    • The power of introverts: https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts
    • The hidden power of sad songs and rainy days: https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_and_min_kym_the_hidden_power_of_sad_songs_and_rainy_days
    • Why bittersweet emotions underscore life’s beauty: https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_why_bittersweet_emotions_underscore_life_s_beauty
    • Desensitization: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desensitization_(psychology)
    • Malcolm Gladwell’s website: https://www.gladwellbooks.com/
    • Warren Buffet on X: https://x.com/warrenbuffett
    • Dale Carnegie speaking courses: https://www.dalecarnegie.com/en/presentation-skills-public-speaking-training
    • Bill Gates on X: https://x.com/billgates
    • Kathy Fish on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathy-fish-23b5777/
    • Why most public speaking advice is wrong—and how to finally overcome your speaking anxiety | Tristan de Montebello (CEO & co-founder of Ultraspeaking): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/master-public-speaking-tristan-de-montebello
    • Ultraspeaking: https://ultraspeaking.com/lenny/
    • Rethinking the Extraverted Sales Ideal: The Ambivert Advantage: https://faculty.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Grant_PsychScience2013.pdf
    • Cutco: https://www.cutco.com/
    • Tim Ferriss’s post about his new book: https://x.com/tferriss/status/1878936085033791817
    •  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihaly_Csikszentmihalyi
    • Naval on X: https://x.com/naval
    • On saying no: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-to-say-no
    • Susan Cain — How to Overcome Fear and Embrace Creativity (#357): https://tim.blog/2019/01/24/susan-cain/
    • Zigging vs. zagging: How HubSpot built a $30B company | Dharmesh Shah (co-founder/CTO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/lessons-from-30-years-of-building
    …References continued at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-hidden-power-of-introverts-susan-cain

    Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.

    Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed.

    webmaster

    Keep Reading

    The $200 Prada Paperclip

    Raise. Your. Price.

    Go Be In A Bad Mood

    Naming expert shares process for creating billion-dollar brands: Vercel, Azure, Windsurf, Sonos

    His Lawyer Apologized For Him

    Winners KNOW They’re Gonna Win

    Add A Comment

    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    Latest Featured Stories

    The $200 Prada Paperclip

    June 29, 2025

    Raise. Your. Price.

    June 29, 2025

    Go Be In A Bad Mood

    June 29, 2025

    Naming expert shares process for creating billion-dollar brands: Vercel, Azure, Windsurf, Sonos

    June 29, 2025

    His Lawyer Apologized For Him

    June 28, 2025

    Winners KNOW They’re Gonna Win

    June 28, 2025

    If you’re ambitious and in your 20s or 30s, please watch this.

    June 28, 2025

    When Are You Rich?

    June 28, 2025

    How To Be In The Top 1%

    June 28, 2025

    When To Cut A Friend?

    June 27, 2025

    Stock Market Soars — Rate Cuts and Easy Money Coming Soon

    June 27, 2025

    He Bought a Local Newspaper… Now He Makes $600K/YR

    June 27, 2025

    Legendary Consumer VC Predicts The Future Of AI Products

    June 27, 2025

    How Figma’s First Marketer Built the World’s Most Beloved Product l Claire Butler & Corey Lee

    June 27, 2025

    25 BEST BUSINESS IDEAS IN DUBAI 2025 LOW INVESTMENT

    June 27, 2025

    The Perfect Price To Make The Most Money

    June 26, 2025

    6 Ways To Become Who You Want

    June 26, 2025

    “Passive Income” Takes Time

    June 26, 2025

    How This College Dropout Built a $30B+ Business

    June 26, 2025

    It’s Not About The Weight On The Bar

    June 26, 2025

    Do Married Men Make More Money?

    June 25, 2025

    When Your Friends Don’t Cheer For You

    June 25, 2025

    Satya Nadella: Microsoft’s AI Bets, Hyperscaling, Quantum Computing Breakthroughs

    June 25, 2025

    AI is replacing AI Agencies… Now what?

    June 25, 2025

    I Spent $25 Testing Genspark, the $530M AI Agent Startup (Honest Review)

    June 25, 2025

    Business as a sport, Surge AI, and Waymo vs. Robotaxi

    June 25, 2025

    I Ate Chipotle 500 Times In 1 Year

    June 24, 2025

    Don’t Listen To The People Closest To You

    June 24, 2025

    Andrej Karpathy on why we still need humans in the loop

    June 24, 2025

    $1M To $3M Is The Swamp

    June 24, 2025

    They made $880 MILLION selling hand sanitizer

    June 24, 2025

    3 Genius Ways To Make Money With A.I

    June 24, 2025

    12 Principles to Build Generational Wealth

    June 24, 2025

    7 FREE Tools That Will Help You GROW Your Business in 2025

    June 24, 2025

    What It Takes To Become Great

    June 24, 2025

    It’s Lonely Doing Big Sh*t

    June 23, 2025

    Average People Don’t Change

    June 23, 2025

    I built next gen AI Agents with MCP + Claude (STEAL my workflow)

    June 23, 2025

    I’m Buying Gold Right Now — The Dollar Can’t Be Trusted

    June 23, 2025

    Talking to Ben about creating luck, his barbell method, + 6 half-baked business ideas

    June 23, 2025
    Whatfinger News – The Conservative Alternative To the Drudge Report – CLICK BELOW
    More news daily than any other news site on Earth. All sources, all on one page! BAM! There can be ONLY one… CLICK BELOW

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.