quiet-the-power-of-introverts-in-a-world-that-cant-stop-talking-susan-cain

that the feedback I was getting was
overly charitable, but I didn’t care.
What mattered was that I’d addressed
an audience that had received me well,
and I felt good about the experience. I
had begun to desensitize myself to the
horrors of public speaking.
Since then, I’ve done plenty of speaking,
to groups of ten and crowds of
hundreds. I’ve come to embrace the
power of the podium. For me this involves
taking specific steps, including
treating every speech as a creative project,
so that when I get ready for the
big day, I experience that delving-deep
sensation I enjoy so much. I also speak
on topics that matter to me deeply, and
have found that I feel much more
centered when I truly care about my
subject.
This isn’t always possible, of course.
Sometimes speakers need to talk about
374/929