What’s the Extrovert Ideal?

Have you felt like “the other”? Like you are not the ideal, but rather that your personality needs to be “fixed” so that you are more outgoing? Growing up, I constantly felt this way and comments like: “Why are you so quiet?” “Don’t you have anything to say?” didn’t...

Nkem

Nkem Odewunmi Dear Nkem. This is such a rude shock. And even those words feel like a gross understatement. ************ I met Nkem so many years ago that I can’t even remember when it was exactly. I was an ardent lover of Pilates and could not find a gym or instructor...

T or F: Introverts aren’t good at networking

Like seriously? This is the myth of the century! Introverts are actually natural-born networkers. Perhaps not in the typical way we think of networking, which is to attack a roomful of people wielding your business card like a weapon. But in small groups or one-on-one...

9/11

9/11 Those now iconic numbers are forever and inextricably linked to a day of great and previously unimaginable tragedy. Although initially planned as an attack on the United States of America, it rippled tentacles of fear and uncertainty across the world. On the...

T or F: Introverts Aren’t Good Public Speakers

Mark Twain said “There are only two types of speakers in the world. The nervous and the liars.” What this means is that we all get nervous sometimes, before getting up in front of people (whether on a literal stage or an online one). But according to film director,...