Don’t let your mind be stuck in self pity and the negative meaning you’ve assigned to events that didn’t go your way. The longer you wallow in a negative state, the less brain power you have left to identify a solution and move on. You can get through the tough times by accepting what is and focusing on what’s needed to move forward.

Your CV got you in the door. Now you’ve got to find a way to compete with all the other interviewees with the same backgrounds, experiences, and skills. How do you stand out in an ocean of faces, suits, and cologne/perfume? Take these three simple actions in the interview, and you will leave a lasting impression that might just give you the edge.

How you do anything, is how you do everything. If you want to be great, then do the little mundane things in life in the best way possible. Train your brain to aim for greatness. It doesn’t matter how far along in life or career you are, start today, start now. Start with making your bed every morning.

Our nerves always get the better of us before the most important events of our lives. It stops us from unleashing the best version of ourselves. There is a simple technique you can do right now to calm your fight or flight response. Do this now to unleash the real YOU.

Speaking up for our ideas and our thoughts is sometimes the hardest thing to do for introverts. Particularly if we’re in a room with people we perceive to be more powerful than us or in a room filled with strangers. If we don’t speak up then we can’t realise our potential. So take these four tactical actions that will instantly give you an edge and help you to speak up.

We get busy preparing for data, content, facts, and figures. But often, we forget to prepare the most important element to success. Our inner confidence. Facts and figures are useless if nerves get the better of you and you can’t convey them concisely and with impact. Build the habit of taking these five actions everyday and before a big meeting to give your inner confidence a boost.

This weakness hits you when you are most exposed. There is nowhere to hide and you can’t go back to start again. How you do anything is how you do everything. For this reason, you should treat every activity with the same level of diligence. As introverts, we can’t talk on the fly, so let’s give ourselves the best chance by always practising in our heads first and build the momentum from there.

“By the mere fact that we have air in our body, the universe says you have the right to prosperity and abundance” - Lisa Nichols. You are already great. You have the right to be great. You have the right to shine just as much as an extrovert. You don’t need other people’s permission and other people’s views. You need to respect your own views first. Stop asking for permission to be great. Go an idea, pursue it. Got a story, write it. Got something to say, say it.

“Life is simple. But we choose to make it complicated” - Confucius. There are some simple truths in life we often overlook. But when we sit down and remind ourselves of these simple truths, it reignites that fire in our belly and pushes us to be our best and what we can achieve.

As introverts, we need to push through the internal barrier of demanding for what we deserve or demanding for what is rightfully ours. Too often we get less than we expected, yet we just walk away. That is wrong. We need to learn an important lesson. Always demand for what is rightfully ours. And if in doubt, ask anyway.

Where did your inspiration go? Where did drive, the ambition, the optimism and energy go? Life gets in the way and we often forget the goal of becoming the best version of ourselves. We lose the drive, the desire to become who we can be. In one of the best speeches, Simon Sinek provides the five principles we should all discover in life to drive us back onto the journey of becoming the best version of ourselves.

When things happen, we desperately search for meaning, particularly if the event is unpleasant. But if you react based on false assumptions and an incorrect interpretation, you actions will take you down the wrong path. Things happen in life, it’s unavoidable. They are neither good nor bad. In time, the meaning and implications will reveal themselves and you will be pleasantly surprised. It pays to be patient.

Time stops for no one. It’s the most precious commodity in life and once spent, it can’t be recovered. So take the lessons learnt from other people’s mistakes, because you won’t live long enough to make them all yourself. Today, we share five key lessons to embrace today, to embrace now, in order to live a fulfilling life and one which you will be proud of.

How you write your reports, emails, and even instant messages contributes towards how people perceive you. Particularly in a word environment where every word and every sentence is scrutinised. By eliminating redundant words from our writing, we can improve the efficiency of our communication while coming across as a high value professional. We list some common examples here. Are there others you’ve noticed that you’d like to share?

We have done it! We have identified what’s needed to break down your introvert limitations. How? Through countless experiments, numerous embarrassing moments, surprising successes, books, and interviews. How do we know it works? Because we’ve tried them ourselves over the last 24 months. Join us as we build the program to help everyone break their introvert bonds.

If you don’t ask, you will never get. As you grow up in life, you realise, life is not fair and that things aren’t distributed evenly. So it becomes more and more important that we are open to ask for what is ours. This week, I learnt an important lesson from a colleague, who stood up and asked for what is rightfully hers.

If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and you would achieve nothing - Margaret Thatcher. If today you find that you are an introverted people pleaser, who puts the needs of others above your own, then there are two actions you should take right now to rehabilitate yourself and get in touch with how you feel and what you want.