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Most people here know me because of LinkedIn or The Marketing Woman Podcast, there was a version of me that existed before all of this.
Do you know that friend who refuses to order food for themselves or asks for ketchup and insists that you ask for it on their behalf? Yep! That was me. I used to dislike small talk, it physically made me cringe and uncomfortable.
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When I first started writing blogs or posting on LinkedIn I just wanted to write, I never shared my blog with anyone; even my close friends, I didn’t promote it, nothing! I used to ask my mother to pump gas because I didn’t want to talk to anyone at the gas station (petrol bunk).
I also knew I wanted to start a podcast at some point because I had a lot to share and a vision. The only conscious choice I made was “I am going to put myself in really uncomfortable situations”
I started posting regularly on LinkedIn, sent cold e-mails to 100s of people, attended random interviews with random companies across the globe, started a stationery line, and marketed and sold planners. Spoke to customers on Instagram.
All of this? I wanted to just lock myself in my room and cringe.
“I love how you put yourself out there”- If I had a dollar every time someone told me this just within the last year, phew! 💸💸.
Posting on LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Instagram—any platform, really—means you’re opening yourself up to comments from anyone on the internet. That’s a scary thought. I didn’t realize this at first; I didn’t even think anybody would notice.
As a former introvert, I feel anyone who thinks “I just don’t want to talk or be seen”. We despise the spotlight.
But here’s something to think about before we jump into the main point, "How to be confident":
If no one knew what you were doing, or you could be seen as someone else (For ex: The person writing this newsletter isn’t Anusha, it’s just that girl from LinkedIn or that Marketing podcast), what would you want to do?
The second you let someone else’s opinion stop you from doing something you want to try, you’re betraying yourself. There, I said it. Betrayal.
Guys, the key to confidence is this— do something you swear you will never do “I will never take an ice bath”— too bad, you’re going to do that now because that’s the only way you can beat the devil that’s controlling you. And only then can you be a badass.
The willingness to do something uncomfortable, even just for a short period, is what makes you confident.
I am a proud ambivert now. I am a homebody, but I can also introduce myself in a room full of experienced professionals because I don’t care what other people think of me—I care about bettering myself and doing justice to the person I am supposed to be.
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Until Thursday,
Anusha Kannan
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