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Communication Toolkit for Introverts

You're reading from   Communication Toolkit for Introverts With practical techniques optimized for introverts, find your voice in everyday business situations

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783000685
Length 248 pages
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Patricia Weber Patricia Weber
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Communication Toolkit for Introverts
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface
1. Communication Preferences of Introverts and Extroverts FREE CHAPTER 2. Identify and Count on Your Introvert Strengths 3. Confident to Communicate 4. Your Hardworking Wrench: Tighten or Open up Your Listening 5. Your Headband Light - Succeeding in the Business Meeting 6. Tape Measure Your Success for Powerful Presentations 7. Do You Have an Axe to Grind? Use a Positive Approach for Workplace Conflict 8. On the Level to Negotiate with Success 9. Power Tools of Influence, Persuasion, and Selling 10. Quiet Communication can Triumph

Are you distracted by pesky introvert myths?


Earlier, we learned about the meaning of self-confidence, and interpreted it as the faith we have in ourselves. We continued with further confidence from three other selves:

  • Self-efficacy: A positive belief we have in our capabilities

  • Self-esteem: The image we have of our worth

  • Self-image: How we see ourselves

Unless we are aware of the truth about who we are, including what our strengths and weaknesses are, myths can keep us stuck regardless of which self-word we may identify distorting our thoughts. Low self-confidence can prevent us from taking action, action necessary for our essential communication skills to be effective. If you can identify with low self-confidence, it may be time to examine a possible central problem.

Because so much credence is given to what others project to us about how they see us, often based on some unproven collective belief, we can often confuse the projection with the truth.

When I was midway through my sales management...

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