How invested are you in your story?
The month of May 2021 was National Share a Story month – and while I would encourage everyone to indulge their passion, especially if...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Mar 5, 2020
- 3 min
Learning from The Magic Faraway Tree
March 5th is celebrated as being World Book Day, and I for one, really enjoy this day. It’s widely reported that introverts love reading,...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Nov 5, 2019
- 2 min
Noticing the nudges
Have you ever been pondering something only to be bombarded with information or messages about the very thing you’ve been pondering? It’s...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Aug 22, 2019
- 3 min
Taking Personal Responsibility
Have you ever had an ‘aha’ moment at a really unexpected time? My recent ‘aha’ came during an amazing holiday we’re just back from; a...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Jun 4, 2019
- 2 min
Being Judged
I’ve just seen a meme about Introvert problems that said, ‘Being judged, because rather than socialising around the office you actually...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Apr 16, 2019
- 2 min
The Reluctant Salesperson
How many of you are reluctant to sell your service and/or product? I certainly have been so let me share with you what is behind some of...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Mar 26, 2019
- 2 min
The joy of companionable silence
There are so many times that I've heard people remark how sad it is when they see people out to dinner who sit and eat in silence. They...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Mar 14, 2019
- 2 min
One of those meetings!
I’ll start by asking you, dear reader, for permission and forgiveness in equal measure; permission to have a bit of a rant and...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Mar 12, 2019
- 2 min
Is selling a dirty word?
I was chatting with a fellow introvert today about how they find selling difficult, especially if it’s their ‘thing’ they’re trying to...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Mar 7, 2019
- 2 min
What’s worse than pretending?
Following on from my recent post about pretending and prompted by a recent client question, I feel the need to write about something that...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Feb 27, 2019
- 2 min
What price pretending?
Many of the Introverts I work with tell me they’re tired of pretending to be something they’re not in an attempt to fit in. Worse than...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Feb 21, 2019
- 2 min
Showing up
Today I got way out of my comfort zone and did a Facebook live about ‘showing up’. Now lots of you know that I’m a trainer and coach so...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Feb 14, 2019
- 2 min
Overcome?
Today was one of those extraordinary days when so many things I’d been working on reached completion allowing space for more new things...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Feb 12, 2019
- 2 min
When your battery is flat
A fellow introvert was explaining how she’d had a full-on week then the weekend ended up being non-stop social Interaction. She said she...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Feb 5, 2019
- 3 min
How do I know if I'm an Introvert?
I was asked a really fundamental question today; “Do introverts know that they are introverts?” The short answer is some do, and some...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Jan 31, 2019
- 2 min
Comfort zone or self-imposed confinement?
Someone shared a quote attributed to Richard Branson today which set off a whole train of thought. The catalytic quote was “Nothing good...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Jan 29, 2019
- 2 min
Slow down to listen
Today I’ve been delivering training with one of my professional service clients and one of the necessary skills we talked about was...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Jan 22, 2019
- 2 min
Can’t judge a book by its cover
At the weekend, I spend some time with an acquaintance who’d I’d always considered to be an extravert. Jane is larger than life and twice...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Jan 17, 2019
- 2 min
Free to flourish
I’m finding this difficult to write as I’m veering into territory that is outside my expertise. But veer I must. I am a member of a...
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Joanna Rawbone
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Who are your clouds?
I was listening to the radio and one of the lines in a song was something like "Some people are like clouds; the day gets brighter when...
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