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A bite-sized podcast about traveling while running a business and being an introvert. Not knowing what introversion was until my 30s, I feel that I wasted some of my early years by not really understanding myself. An inspiration for my business is that I want to help others understand themselves better, earlier on in their careers and their lives. Introversion is a very misunderstood area – introverts can suffer mentally and physically because people typecast them or act negatively towards t ...
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And welcome to The Travelling introvert. Today is almost a second part to talking about deep work. I've talked about why deep work is really important, especially for introverts. But now I want to talk about strategies to help you be able to do that deep work. And deep work refers to the ability to just focus on one task, to concentrate intensely o…
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And welcome to the travelling introvert. Today I'm going to talk about deep work. And the reason this has come up is because a lot of the time I talk about how introverts need time to recharge, and back to back meetings suck, and very rarely now do we have time for deep work because we are in back to back meetings. And so I want to talk about the r…
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And welcome to The Traveling Introvert. Today, I am going to talk about some myths that I've heard around personal or self development. And I hear these a lot from organisations, I hear these a lot from humans, and so I want to just talk a little bit about them. Self development or personal development is the process of developing or improving your…
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Career Conversations with Patricia Q Jenkins
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On this episode of The Traveling Introvert, we speak to a successful entrepreneur who runs a podcasting business. Patricia shares their journey of building their business from scratch without a strong tech background and how they manage to indulge in something they love. The conversation revolves around the importance of making connections and atte…
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Managing Stress and Expectations in a New Job as an Introvert
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Topics covered in the podcast episode: 1. Limitations of Traditional Onboarding Processes - Reliance on static resources - Lack of consideration for individual learning styles - Accessibility issues - Lack of efficient search options 2. Challenges Faced by Introverts in New Jobs - Dealing with new people, systems, equipment, and ways of working - O…
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Embracing Imperfection Letting Go of the Need for Perfection
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Hello and welcome to The Traveling Introvert. Today, I would like to talk about perfectionism. This came up a lot in the Imposter Syndrome program that I have. People were identifying the fact that perfection was holding them back or making them procrastinate or whatever it might be. And so perfectionism can be extremely harmful. So really what you…
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How to move on from a toxic work environment
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Hello and welcome to The Traveling Introvert. Today I want to talk about how to move on when you've been working in a toxic environment. So, I've had a lot of my clients recently get new jobs, which is great, and moving out of toxic environments. And they're so used to whatever toxic environment that they are in, they find it hard when they're in t…
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Career Conversations with Sonia Layne-Gartside
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Sonia, Introvert or Extrovert Introverts are people who tend to look inwards for energy and they are also the type of people who tend to think much before they talk. Are Leaders Born or Cultivated Leaders are cultivated. Though most people think that leaders are born it is not true. A person might have the talent and the charisma to be an effective…
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Hello and welcome to The Traveling Introvert. I've been asked today to do an episode on travelling in a group as an introvert. It does tend to vary how big the group may be. Are you in a tour bus group? Are you in a group of friends? It is mainly assumed that introverts can't travel with groups or don't like it as much. I want to talk about some wa…
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Moving On from a Failed Business or Career Opportunity.
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Hello and welcome to The Traveling Introvert. Today, I would like to talk about how to bounce back a little from maybe a failed business venture or a career or job opportunity. It's really difficult when you've recently experienced a business or career setback because sometimes it leaves you feeling maybe lost, overwhelmed, anxious, unsure of your …
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Hello and welcome to the 300th episode of The Traveling Introvert. This is Sparta? I don't know. When I started this journey, I didn't have any thoughts about where it would go or things I'd be able to do or even the thought that I would get to 300 episodes. To the point that when I hit 50, 100, 200, I didn't do anything special. They kind of like …
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Shy Introvert This is the type of person who happens to be very quiet and thus avoids all contact with other people. Even knowing the answer to something they would still choose not to talk since they avoid all attention. Difference between Shyness and Being an introvert People tend to confuse the two. The main difference is that shyness is a lack …
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The Role of Rest and Recovery in Achieving Your Goals
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Hello and welcome to the Traveling Introvert. Today, I'm going to talk about rest and the role it plays in helping you achieve your goals. As you work towards your goals, or your career or your business or whatever it is that you're doing these days- making the best sourdough ever, it is essential to remember the role that rest and recovery play in…
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Crafting the Perfect Daily Routine for Your Needs and Goals
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Hello and welcome to the Traveling Introvert. So today, I want to talk about crafting the perfect daily routine for you, your needs, and your goals. So many times, we see articles, blog posts, podcast episodes-Top Five Things You Should Do To Be Successful. What are these five humans doing every morning? You got to get up at five and exercise and d…
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The Power of Celebrating Your Accomplishments and Progress
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Hello and welcome to the Traveling Introvert. Today, I want to talk about the power of celebrating your accomplishments and progress? This is something that I go through with my clients very frequently just because we get so stuck in the day to day of doing things that we forget how awesome we are. And so, have you ever stopped to celebrate your ac…
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EXTROVERSION Generally, a person who recharges or at least feels better and more composed while among other people. At the same time, it is important to note that the time one needs for themselves is also important. Misconceptions about meditation Teachers Most people assume that meditation teachers have every part of their lives figured out. This …
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Hello and welcome to the traveling introvert. Today I want to talk about accountability. It’s come up a lot recently with some of the work that I’ve been doing with clients and some of the work I’ve been doing with organizations. And it can come from things such as people saying, no one holds managers accountable. It could be, I need to do this thi…
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Hello and welcome to the traveling introvert. Today I want to talk about living by your core values. So, here’s the thing, hopefully, if I ask you, what are your core values? You have an idea of what those might be. Your personal core values are thing that you believe are most important in life. These principles guide and dictate how you live your …
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Why Burnout is More Common Now Than Ever Before
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Hello and welcome to the traveling introvert. Today, I’ve talked about Burnout in the past, but today I want to talk about why it is so common, the commonality of burnout, why almost every person that you talk to in a room will have experienced burnout in some way, shape or form, during their lifetime. And right now, more people the most probably e…
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Hello and welcome to the travelling introvert. Today I want to talk about work, working hard. We have a habit of wanting to be always seen as working hard. And there's a difference between being a hard worker and always working hard. Working hard is often lauded as like the key to success. You must work hard, pull yourself up by your bootstrap, str…
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What Is Introversion? This is the tendency of turning inward more. Introverts spend most of their time analyzing what happening o them and around them. They are more in touch with their feeling and the feelings of others. They take time to energize and recharge in their lives. They also need people in their lives unlike what most people think. It i…
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This is a bonus episode for national introvert day Introversion These are the kind of people who are more comfortable alone or in a room of people who are hardly interacting with each other. As for Angela, she might be an Ambivert which is a person who has a balance of both introvert and extrovert. This highly depends on the circumstance or setting…
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Speaker 1 (00:01) Hello and welcome to the traveling introvert. Today I want to talk about burnout. I know I talk about this a lot, but for this particular episode, I want to talk about the fact that burnout is not just about being stressed out. I was having a conversation with a client recently and they we're talking about the end of the year and …
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Speaker 1 (00:01) Hello, and welcome to the travelling introvert. Today I'm gonna talk about work life blending. So I was talking with a client the other day and this this conversation happened where they mentioned that a key executive of the organisation that they work with, they were at a leadership conference conference and this particular execu…
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Hello and welcome to the the the Traveling introvert going to talk about workaholics. And the reason I want to talk about workaholics is because so many of us come and live in a workaholic environment. And we might not think about it, but you probably grew up or working in a workaholic culture or maybe a family or even your business that you've alm…
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Hello and welcome to the travelling introvert. I'm going to do a travel episode. It's been a while, there's some less travelling going on, but I want to talk about cruise ships. I have being on one, I'm contemplating going on another and I have many people asking me and I see a lot of videos also going on about well, the extroverted people will wan…
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Hello and welcome to the not so travelling introvert. Today I'm going to talk about dealing with difficult people or more to the point, how to tips for dealing with difficult people. No matter where you go in the world world you will find difficult people and difficult to you might be what's not difficult. For me, difficult can mean various things …
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Hello and welcome to the Travelling introvert. So I recently did an episode on why inspiration is so important and I got messages asking, so it's important, how do I go about finding inspiration? So here you go. I'm going to talk about about ways that might help you find inspiration when you need it. And the importance, as I said before, of inspira…
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The importance of inspiration for introverts
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Hello and welcome to the not so travelling Introvert. Today I want to talk about inspiration. Every now and then I get asked about who inspires me, why do I do the things that I do? And to be honest, I don't have a specific, specific person in mind. There's not someone I want to be or someone I admire per se. And maybe it's because I don't really u…
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Hello and welcome to the Travelling Introvert. Want to talk about guilt? Guilt comes up a lot in many different ways and one of the things I found is it is a real driving force to what people do and why they do it. And guilt guilt can come up in many ways that can be detrimental but. Also can be helpful. But a lot of it is cultural. And what you've…
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Why understanding yourself as an introvert is important
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Hello and welcome to the the Travelling introvert going to talk about self understanding and the reason this has come up is because there's a common thread throughout of the questions that you see online or through things that my clients ask me and a lot of it comes down to self understanding. And so I want to talk about why self understanding is i…
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Hello and welcome to the Travelling Introvert. Going to talk about quarterly planning. And the reason I'm doing this is because it's come up a lot both on social media plus with clients that I've spoken to. And one thing that I'm hearing resounding against and again is that why is quarterly planning the norm? A lot of people in different organisati…
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Hello and welcome to the the the travelling introvert want to talk about some habits that a lot of introverts might have. And to be honest, most of the time they are misunderstood. Like most things about introverts, there's a lot of misinformation out there or people make assumptions about things. For example, if you work in an office you might wan…
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How introverts can improve their public speaking skills
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Hello and welcome to The Traveling Introvert want to talk about public Speaking speaking skills, presentation skills. So many times I hear people who are introverts say that they don't like public speaking speaking because they're introverts. And it's really interesting to hear that because then it kind of perpetuates the myth that introverts can't…
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Introvert is a word to explain how you manage your energy levels
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The word introvert has a lot of myths and misconceptions about it. In this episode I talk about the real meaning of the word "introvert" Hello and welcome to the travelling introvert. Today I want to talk about how about the word introvert? Introvert is a word to explain how you manage your energy levels. However, when you go and look at a dictiona…
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You don't need a mentor, you need a champion
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Hello and welcome to the travelling introvert. Today I'm going to talk about the fact that you don't need a mentor, you need a champion. And there is a huge difference. Mentors and champions are two important figures in the professional world. Both offer guidance and support, but there are key differences between the two. And so many times I hear p…
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Why new managers need to build a peer support system
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Hello and welcome to the Travelling Introvert. Today I want to talk about being a manager. Whether you've created this role yourself or you're new to being a manager and how you need to craft and create a peer support system. Now, you may have been a manager before, you may know everyone at your workplace, you may have been promoted to be a manager…
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How to view your business as a creative project
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Hello and welcome to the travelling introvert. Today I want to talk about how you can view your business as a creative project. Now, as an introvert, you may or may not see yourself as a creative person. I definitely have struggled with seeing myself as a creative person only to have creatives look at me like I'm got two heads and don't understand …
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Everyone can be a leader not everyone can be a manager
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Hello and welcome to the travelling introvert. Today I'm going to talk about leadership. I was talking with a client the other day and it was a group of managers who were in for some leadership training. And the first question is what makes a leader a leader? And this led to like a 45 minutes discussion and conversation between what makes a leader …
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How to know if you are micromanaging yourself
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A brief summary of this episodeBy Janice Chaka
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Do you struggle to be heard at work? Many introverts do. Maybe you are compromising your authenticity. Maybe you feel it affecting your health, happiness & family time. I help introverts find their voice while being true to themselves. Visit the latest podcasts (an oldie but goodie - rerun from November 2020, and download the worksheet to explore w…
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I'm grabbing another one from the archives for you this week, and this is a classic one to talk about how you can make your work visible, as well as doing sort of a mini skills assessment to see your areas of strength and your areas of growth so you can access this free four part mini assessment. And let's start by making you the star you deserve t…
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This is a great one for the archives and it's currently what I'm doing right now. I would love to know how you prioritize yourself. What things do you put in place to put yourself first? Be it your needs for recharging, be it your needs for creativity, be it your needs for just being able to get 8 hours of sleep. So how do you prioritize yourself f…
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I said no this month. When's the last time you said what you really wanted to say? No. I said no this month and yes to myself. I'm doing a little bit reworking on my programming and so using this time to bring back some of the most popular episodes from the archive. Now, this particular one is about saying no. You might need to say no to request fo…
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A brief summary of this episodeBy Janice Chaka
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A brief summary of this episodeBy Janice Chaka
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A brief summary of this episodeBy The Career Introvert
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Hello and welcome to the not so the travelling introvert. Today, I want to talk about people or client facing jobs. A lot of the time, the assumption is as introverts, we can't do client facing or public facing or high touch jobs. And that is not the case. I know I've spoken about how I used to work in casinos, and that is very much a people skills…
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