Quiet voices carry power! It’s just that sometimes quiet people need a little help learning how to be loud(er). @goldiechan is here to help in her new book, "Personal Branding for Introverts." Here's the companion interview in my newsletter. 
https://miaq.substack.com/p/41-goldie-introverts-personal-branding
There are at least 34 great reasons to join me at the World OKR Summit on Oct 30-31st... here are just a few of them!
Last call for entries for my ticket (and book!) giveaway… recipients will be selected at 11:59pm Pacific 
tonight so pop over to the post in my next message to enter!
Your organization’s greatest strategic assets may be hiding in plain sight.
That’s the heart of my upcoming talk at the World OKR Summit:
"Unblocking Your Team’s Inner Strategists: No-BS OKRs for Neurodivergent and 'Square Peg' Professionals"
OKRs aren’t just a performance tool. They’re scaffolding — clarity structures that help every employee have a chance to thrive.
Ok, Not technically on my playlist, but I've given this more listens than I'd like to admit 
The cutest and best introvert birthday anthem ever written.
Fansubbed English lyric video:
Apink Jeong Eunji - Is Today my Birthday?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT8DOd5d30s
Original (vertical MV):
나오늘생일이다?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRg4V_uPtfA
I repeat my shower thought: politics sadly skews towards policies suiting #extroverts over #introverts because the former are, almost by definition, better at marketing and conniving and campaigning, and of course see things from their point of view.
TIL about #otroverts and thank my lucky stars.
Throughout our lives, our social conditioning reinforces the one immutable cultural principle in our society: that group membership is a prerequisite for a rich and rewarding life. And while this is true for many people, it is not true for otroverts.
We put so much stock in communality that a different stance is understood as pathology. Otroverts are perceived as weird and wrong for preferring solitude over socialising, and subjected to peer pressure from well-meaning people who genuinely desire their companionship or who would hate for them to “miss out” on all the fun. What these people fail to realise is that for otroverts, there is great freedom and fulfilment in sitting on the sidelines.
#RamiKaminski
Ages ago, I Kickstarted the deluxe edition of this game for my partner, and it finally arrived yesterday! I had the chance to play it with her and her husband tonight. It was a VERY close game, as you can see on the final score sheet. :)
The game was very cute, and I can imagine people from Mastodon relating to it. The basic cycle is puttering around your house littering your apartment with stacks of books and recharging your social battery until you have the spoons to leave the house, at which time you go into town and visit the used book store, the library, the book exchange, and the shops to pick up more books and neat things. When your social battery is depleted, you head home, unload your backpack, and putter around again.
You win by arranging your book stacks to complete certain goals, collecting lots of books, and collecting neat trinkets and stuff at the shops.
It's got a very cozy vibe, and the production value is quite high. Although we had the deluxe edition, I get the feeling that the same will be true for the retail edition as well. It moves pretty fast, but optimizing things takes a fair bit of planning and thought. Overall, I quite liked it and am looking forward to trying it again sometime.
Quietly Stoic: A Social Survival Guide for Introverts, Inspired by Ancient Philosophy by Victor Odåsnac, 2025
Quietly Stoic is the ultimate guide for #introverts who want to navigate social situations with confidence, clarity, and calm. Drawing on timeless Stoic principles and modern strategies, this book offers a simple framework, practical habits, and actionable tips to help you master small talk, thrive at networking events, and recharge without guilt
@bookstodon
#books
#SelfHelp
#stoic
Yogurt for introverts?
“Yogurt for those who want to avoid lactose – and everybody else”
One of the main reasons I sat down to write a newsletter today was to share the invitation for my upcoming community event in Seattle with my friend LB at SCBiz... and then I hit send without remembering to add the invitation.
Time for more coffee. 
So here's the event info: ↴
... LB just facilitates introvert-friendly (and neurodivergent-friendly) gatherings. And I love them so much.
If you have questions in advance, ping me -- it's been a long time since I've done an event here in Seattle, and we're trying to make it as welcoming and do-able as possible for those of us who rarely leave our homes anymore!
RSVP via my new favorite domain name:
https://madeforintroverts.com/
And I'll see you there!
After emerging from isolation, @asterl8lee offers advice to #introverts on how to create a fulfilling social life.
https://medium.com/zenite/the-introverts-guide-to-creating-a-social-life-df8883b39d19
Continuing my annual 4th of July tradition of staying home with the cats and watching 'Ernest Goes to Camp.'
No Kings (Jersey City, New Jersey)
Full set of photos at Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbm0/albums/72177720326888224/
Watched a documentary about the story behind "Island of the Blue Dolphins", which was good. But I rolled my eyes on all the stuff about "how could you live all by yourself on an island without people, and just dogs and wildlife for company? How lonely blah blah blah"
(apparently none of the people interviewed are introverts)
Omar Two Tone
