It was a critical presentation that would be make-or-break for funding of my friend's new business venture. I was there when she gave her presentation. It didn’t go well.

I asked her if she wanted help framing her presentation weeks before. Her response was that she didn’t need help because she was extroverted and had given some presentations in the past.

Did I mention that it didn’t go well?

I...

I have a friend who is very extroverted. She is a good communicator and had a great role in the financial industry before staying home to raise her children. A few years ago she started her own business and needed exposure and funding. She was chosen to give a presentation that would solve both of those issues. In talking with her I asked if she needed an extra set of eyes to help her craft and fr...

50.7% of the population is introverted. That is a whole lot of people that often will discount themselves as great public speakers usually because of 3 reasons: personality, anxiety and false belief.

Let me explain.

The personality of someone whose behavioral style is introverted tends to be introspective. So if you are an introvert your inner world is where you re-charge and draw energy. You do...

I talk with introverted people all the time and they all have one thought in common: Extroverts make great public speakers, introverts do not. Let’s just get this out of the way. That belief is completely false. It is simply not true.

If you are reading this blog chances are good that you are at least slightly introverted. You might even buy into the line of thinking that I mentioned above: Ex...