#self-promotion

#self-promotion

Many of us grow up feeling tongue-tied. When we finally speak, often someone jumps in to correct us, and not always kindly. No wonder so many introverts clam up. And sometimes, they interrupt before we even finish speaking.

The opportunity passed over not because it was out of reach, but because our inner dialogue said it wasn't ours to take.

"It's a dissociating experience to promote your own memoir, to codify your story into soundbites and snippets, to boil yourself down into something sellable and scalable."

"I hate asking for help. 'Hate' is a strong word,...but it's accurate. The churn inside my head if you even hint that I should promote myself...is a full-body cringe."

Thought leadership isn't about telling potential clients why they should trust your firm - it's about demonstrating expertise in a way that makes them come to that conclusion on their own.