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94. Own Your Accomplishments and Earn the Role You Deserve with Amy Adler

• Serena Low, Introvert Coach for Quiet Achievers and Quiet Warriors

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How do introverts and quiet achievers move past shyness, own their accomplishments, and confidently present themselves in their careers? 

In this episode of The Quiet Warrior Podcast, I sit down with Amy Adler, President of Five Strengths Career Transition Experts, Certified Master Resume Writer, and author of Courageous Career Change: Fearlessly Earn the Executive Role You Deserve.

Amy shares her personal journey of overcoming stage fright, the surprising truth about why speaking to a roomful of people sometimes feels easier than one-on-one conversations, and how introverts can prepare for career success by documenting and owning their achievements. With compassion and clarity, she explains how she helps clients—often quiet achievers—see their brilliance reflected back to them through resumes and career stories that feel both authentic and empowering.

Whether you’re preparing for a job search, an annual performance review, or simply learning to speak about your value with confidence, Amy’s insights will inspire you to step forward with courage and clarity


What You’ll Learn in This Episode

  • The difference between introversion and shyness—and how practice and exposure can shift your confidence.
     
  • Why many introverts find public speaking easier than small talk or one-on-one conversations.
     
  • The challenges quiet achievers face in “boasting” about themselves, and how to reframe this as sharing the truth.
     
  • Amy’s process for creating psychological safety so clients can tell their authentic career stories.
     
  • The C-A-R (Challenge, Action, Results) framework and how introverts can use it to capture their accomplishments in real time.
     
  • Why documenting your career wins regularly is essential—and how it can prevent panic when opportunities arise.
     
  • The pitfalls of AI-generated resumes and why your authentic voice matters most.
     
  • A powerful reminder: people aren’t scrutinizing you as much as you think—so share your achievements, because no one else will.
     
     

About Amy Adler

Amy Adler is the President of Five Strengths Career Transition Experts, a Certified Master Resume Writer, Certified Executive Resume Master, and Nationally Certified Online Profile Expert. She has won awards at the annual Toast of the Resume Writing Industry competition and is the author of Courageous Career Change: Fearlessly Earn the Executive Role You Deserve. Amy is passionate about helping executives and professionals craft authentic, compelling resumes and career portfolios that reflect their true value.


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This episode was edited by Aura House Productions

SPEAKER_02:

Hi, I'm Serena Lowe. If you're used to hearing that introverts are shy, anxious, antisocial, and lack good communication and leadership skills, then this podcast is for you. You're about to fall in love with a calm, introspective, and profound person that you are. Discover what's fun, unique, and powerful about being an introvert and how to make the elegant transition from quiet achiever to quiet warrior in your life and work, anytime you want, in more ways than you imagined possible. Welcome. Our guest today is Amy Adler, president of Five Strengths Career Transition Experts, specializing in resumes and career portfolio development. She is a certified master resume writer, certified executive resume master, and nationally certified online profile expert. She judges in the annual Toast of the Resume Writing Industry Awards, having won first and third places for Best Executive Resume. She presents to industry and to peers and is the author of Courageous Career Change Fearlessly Earn the Executive Role You Deserve. Welcome, Amy, to the Quiet Warrior Podcast. Hello, and thank you so much for inviting me. Amy, I want to go back to the beginning where we talked about conflating introversion with shyness. What are your thoughts and what's your experience been with this?

SPEAKER_01:

Thank you for raising that. We did talk about that because I think it's um a worthwhile distinction, at least for myself. I have always thought that I was an introvert, that uh I clearly uh needed to recharge after spending time with people as much as I enjoyed their company. I really value my time alone. Um, and I and I always felt like that was a good identifier for myself. Um but I never felt super quiet. I always felt um like I was maybe the not the most boisterous in the room by far, but very vocal. Um, as much as I was observing, I like to talk. I like to talk about things that are interesting and talk to interesting people and to hear what people have to say. Um so many for many years, my whole childhood, adolescence, maybe even up until my twenties, I was terrified though, and all in spite of all of this, terrified to get up in front of people. Um genuinely, genuinely had shaking knees and quivering and didn't know what to do with my hands and um felt more than awkward um in front of a group of people. So every year in, you know, in school when we had to do presentations, it was my least favorite thing to do. And then I attended graduate school business school, in which we had to present all the time. I mean, weekly, it felt like we were in teams getting up and talking in front of the class of you know 50 students all the time. And I think the repetition of the process and the exposure to it over and over again got me out of um what might have been termed shyness at the time, at least in that context. And I discovered that I loved it. I discovered that I loved presenting. And I think now, this is of course many, many years later, what I love about it now when I get to do it is I get to share the things that I love about what I do and to teach people and help them where or meet them where they are and help them become more effective in their careers and their job search and that kind of a thing. So I won't say that that doesn't just absolutely destroy me in terms of my energy because it does, but it it's so much fun to get up in front of people and to let go of the fears I think that plagued me as a young person. Um and to be in my element. Um, I really like that. And I'm I'm actually quite envious of people now who remember to measure their speech cadence and um understand that um people are not listening at the rate maybe that I'm speaking. I think I joked with you last time that I felt like a bull in a China shop sometimes. And you asked me, Did I did anybody ever say that to me? And I said, no, no one ever said that, but I always feel like I just have everything to say. And I think that's that um again, still that introversion at my core self and that need for quiet and that need for um introspection, but not that kind of shyness that used to um just just dog me everywhere.

SPEAKER_02:

So it sounds to me like what you're saying is that with practice, with exposure, with repetition, one can move away from that sense of I'm shy or I can't speak to actually being becoming in your element. And I think what's important also is that you notice that it's when you speak about interesting things and you meet interesting people, and when you're curious about what they have to say, that's what helps you get into your element. That's where you get enthusiastic.

SPEAKER_00:

That's so true, and thank you for framing it that way.

SPEAKER_01:

Um, I think, as most I think young people are, um, I was thinking all about what are people going to say about my presentation, about my way of showing up in the world. And and once I kind of got away from that and started having fun, um it became so much easier. So I think I get more worried these days when I'm speaking one-on-one that I might say the wrong thing, because inevitably I'll say the wrong thing. Um, whereas I don't feel quite that way in a room full of people when I know I have a purpose in being there and teaching them something that hopefully they find interesting and important as I um share what I know. I I hope that's the case.

SPEAKER_02:

I find that very interesting that you put it that way too, because a lot of introverts tell me that they prefer speaking one-on-one or one-to-a small group. But I remember in our conversation, you spoke about how much easier it is to speak to a room full of people than to just a few.

SPEAKER_00:

Why do you think that is?

SPEAKER_01:

I think on some level, fundamentally, there's I practice when I'm going to present, right? I know what I'm going to say, and I can um I can manage many parameters that um I can't manage in a one-to-one conversation. And please don't misunderstand me. I love intimate conversations that have real depth and meaning. I don't love small talk that much. Um but I am I still wonder, you know, that time once in high school I said this thing and what did they think about me? And this is we're talking decades ago. So these kinds of things stick with me. Um but the opportunity to um share uh an emotional space with one person um is is so rewarding, but scary too, um, because I feel like I'm not given that opportunity to practice. I don't know what's coming. Um, I'm really um peeling back on my layers, aren't I?

SPEAKER_02:

Yes, I think that is the gift and the mystery of that one-on-one connection. And maybe that's also a reflection on the introvert, the introvert's relationship with uncertainty. Maybe we like to be prepared. We like to be to walk into a situation knowing what we're going to say and doing our best with that time that we're given. Whereas in a one-on-one interaction with a new person, sometimes we we don't know that person well enough. So we're not very sure where the boundaries are, where the parameters are, what we can and can't say. We're sort of feeling our way along. So there is a lot of you know, mystery, a lot of uncertainty, and maybe that makes us a little bit hesitant.

SPEAKER_00:

And I think that comes from having been in that kind of experience before.

SPEAKER_01:

Am I replaying an experience that I've had in the past in a totally different um conversation with a different person in a different time in my life? Am I going to have that same um sort of deer in the headlights uh feeling for having said the wrong thing or come across the wrong way? Um so maybe getting out of old patterns too is a good thing. And um as they say, preparing for all unforeseen events um just not possible. Um, I think I don't know if it's true for introverts. I I feel like a lot of people I know who are um kind of have the same, I don't know, perspective is um we just want everything to be perfect.

SPEAKER_00:

We just want it to be perfect the way it should be.

SPEAKER_01:

And and because there are no do-overs. But I think people are also really kind and probably more focused on themselves than they are on us. Um especially another introvert um would not be so judgmental because maybe they've been in the same in the same boat.

SPEAKER_02:

You're right. You're right. It takes one to recognize one. And I think we are in general kind people. We are also very reflective and self-aware. And so we understand when we see a kindred spirit, you know, going through those mental loops. We know what it's like to replay and to be haunted by things that happened a long time ago, and to wonder what if, and and maybe almost wish we could go back in time and fix that thing, that conversation. But um I think that's just the human experience. And introverts and quiet achievers being more likely to be perfectionist about these things, wanting things to go well, wanting things to go well for the other person as well, to for them to have a good experience. I think that comes also from a place of caring, isn't it? And being conscientious, paying attention to detail.

SPEAKER_00:

And all of those are strengths.

SPEAKER_01:

You know, I have heard that introverts are in particular um very good at mirroring the other, their conversational, the energy of their conversational partner. And um I think because people are self-reflective and caring and um paying attention, as you say, conscientious about their environment and the the temperature of the room, if you will. Um, that whether if if somebody is very energetic, they can they can stand up to that, they can they can match that energy, even if it's kind of unusual and painful. Um and but but toning it down and being like I said, having that sort of intimate discussion is a place of real comfort and being able to to match that level of um well, energy, um, I think is is a is a commonality, I think.

SPEAKER_02:

Yes, I I think the the introvert is uh gifted in that sense, being sensitive and uh noticing what's making someone comfortable, uncomfortable, and holding the space for for that person to feel safe. Because that's important to them. And so they assume it's important to the other person they are conversing with as well. So I'm curious to know in your work as a resume writer, I guess you would be working with, you know, some introverts and some quiet achievers as well. So what is your experience like with, you know, when someone comes to you with a resume that needs a making over? They come with a set of expectations, you know, some career goals that they want to achieve, you know, something they want to land a better position. What is how do you see that intersection between them being introverted, being very quiet, and what they say about themselves in a resume?

SPEAKER_00:

I think I do uh attract the quiet achiever type.

SPEAKER_01:

Which doesn't, it's not to say that these are people who don't speak or don't speak about themselves. So they don't speak as highly of themselves as the rest of the world would expect them to do, because they are just exceptional people and it's uncomfortable for them to offer themselves up this way. They're happy to talk about work and making somebody else's um professional experience better and helping a uh a client of theirs or a customer of theirs ready and willing to um hold space for any of those things, but hard for them to do it for themselves. So I think they come with a real knowledge of who they are, but an unwillingness to discuss it, which is an interesting intersection. Um so helping them uh with a framework that is something they can follow so they can indulge, if you will, in this um experience of talking about themselves. And I and I think a lot of them do think it's indulgent or boastful um on the on the far end um because it's not something they're accustomed to doing. So foundationally, I have learned that giving well, anybody, but particularly people who are not accustomed to speaking about themselves, giving them the opportunity to say whatever they want. Let's start from the beginning and whatever floodgates you want to open, I am here to receive that. And I want to because I want to know what the real story is, what the raw emotion around your history is, what are the great successes and you know, maybe some of the things that aren't so savory because everybody has experiences like that. And I don't think these people are accustomed, or nobody's ever given them the opportunity to say whatever was on their mind about themselves. Um, and I think mostly because it's not considered polite conversation to just hold court about who you are. But in this resume writing job search experience, this is the exact time that somebody should develop a feel for these kinds of conversations and feel comfortable talking about these things. So once they have um sort of laid out whatever they want to say or whatever they want to write, and there's lots of ways we can get this information, then I ask them very structured questions in a very structured process. So I can have all the details that I need, but not at the expense of um, I don't know, stepping all over them before they have a chance to look comfortable in that very unusual space.

SPEAKER_02:

So what I heard you say is you create that psychological safety for them to feel I can talk about my successes, my failures, my experiences. Someone is actually listening to me, someone cares about what I've been through. And that is not an experience most people would have had the opportunity to to go through in that positive sense. Because the the next time we talk about ourselves is probably at the annual performance review. And that again is another thing for the introvert and the quiet achiever who's almost trying to dim their light, you know, and sometimes self-sabotage unconsciously. So do you find that after working with them in sessions like that, that they become older and and better able to express themselves when it comes to, let's say, the the performance review?

SPEAKER_01:

Well, I hope they become bolder. Um, but I hope that in their hearts, in their guts, wherever they feel that sensation, they feel more confident. How they express it may be a different, different process. But for them to see their experiences and their successes um through someone else's eyes, um, reflected back to them. I don't, I don't know if that's the right term. Maybe I'm a mirror, maybe I'm a um a catalyst for um this transformation that they're experiencing. Um, but they can they can own that um and understand that their self-perception, it's it's I'm not going to say it's not real, but there's something bigger that they can latch on to and show off, if you will, to their current leadership in an annual review, as you say, or in a future uh job search uh in an interview, um, and certainly on their resume. And I think the key is in in that context of of talking about themselves, is to speak the truth, um, to get the well, to get the truth from them in these conversations, but then allow them to say what is fact and take some of the emotion out of the declaration that these are good things that happened on my watch. So it it feels less like boasting. Oh, it shouldn't feel like that at all. Um, but that kind of a leveling with one's audience means that the facts are incontrovertible. This is what took place, this is how I intervened, or how I made a change, or how I led. And this was the outcome of these uh series of circumstances, and that's it. So there's not this look how amazing I am. It's I did these things, and by all accounts, these things are good because they had the following effect on my group, my team, my business, my executive leadership, my company, whatever it might be, my customers. And there's not a lot of arguing that can happen after that. Um, I like to tell my clients that they, when they share these things, they their audience cannot argue with whether it's true or false because it's true. They can only say whether they need somebody who knows how to do the things that the candidate is putting out there. And that makes it, I think, a much easier conversation because it gets people out of their own way and gives and gives them the comfort of, I think, standing where they are most comfortable in speaking about um declarative facts, um, which then maybe leads into something hopefully deeper, more um emotionally, well, hopefully emotionally intelligently based, but emotionally based.

SPEAKER_02:

I think what you said there, there is a lot more layers and nuance than what it sounds like. You've made it sound like it's something very simple for the person who has their resume transformed in that way to a like a before and an after, and it's all data driven. But I think for the the person who has a tendency to overthink it, they add their own layers of skepticism about themselves, which then becomes a kind of self-sabotage and diminishing their own light. So when you say, you know, because I did that, you know, that led to this other outcome, to them it's not quite so simple. They don't see it as that linear kind of a transformation. It's they they question themselves at many points along the way, like, oh, well, you know, it was a team effort. It wasn't all just me. Um, I had the help of this and this person, and you know, actually I didn't do all that much. And how do I know that my leadership was really transformational and really made a difference? So they would be asking themselves all these things. So, how do you help them, you know, to navigate over those mental humps?

SPEAKER_01:

It it's more common than you would think that somebody in a C-suite position would say, Well, wouldn't anybody else who had my job do it this way? And my response is always, how could that be true? You're the only one there. And if it happened on your watch, especially when people are at more elevated levels, the expectation is that somebody would understand an audience, their audience would understand that they didn't do every last thing, but that they led the charge, that they um developed the esprit de corps, that they uh set the direction and made sure things happened the way they were supposed to happen. So, not so much that they would take credit for everything, but that they would take um, well, all of the responsibility and none of the credit in some sense, but that the outcome was this very positive thing. And I think a lot of people secretly want to be recognized for the good that they do, but feel very uncomfortable shouting that from the rooftops. I can only imagine how that must feel to somebody who is extremely quiet. That must feel extremely strange. And I delight in telling my clients that your resume is the place to do that. And this is I am the safest audience you will ever have because I am on your side. There is nothing you could tell me to hurt me, there's nothing you could say that would make me think you're a blowhard. There's there are no wrong answers here. And I am I'm I'm super curious all the time. I want to know what makes people tick and how they do what they do. And if anybody is going to support them all the way through the process, it's going to be me because their current high uh manager, their hiring manager, whatever it might be, or the recruiter, they all have different obligations, but my obligation is to them. So I just open up the virtual room, so to speak, and say, tell me, tell me how you feel, tell me what you think, and I will use every skill I have to make this represent you well on the page so that everyone else can see it too.

SPEAKER_02:

So you are that safe space for your clients to feel that they can tell you anything, they can be themselves, they can talk about their accomplishments, and you will help them frame it in such a way that they themselves feel internally congruent. Because I think that's the the thing that's missing, isn't it? Externally, something may look really good, but that person needs to take ownership of it in an emotional sense too. If they look at it and they say that's not me, then there isn't that internal congruence. So there must be something magical in the framework you use and the way you work with your clients so that helps them realize, oh my goodness, I actually did all this. I'm much more accomplished, more amazing than I gave myself credit for.

SPEAKER_00:

I I don't think it's magical, um, but I like terminology.

SPEAKER_01:

I think it's surprising to to them that they they don't start with the language to describe their experiences in the way that they need to, so that somebody else can understand this, digest it quite easily. Um so I I hope that over many years of doing this, I have developed a skill set that enables me to be that um that translator for them.

SPEAKER_00:

Yes.

SPEAKER_01:

And whenever somebody does, and this has happened lots of times, somebody says, wow, is this too much? Is this just this feels like um all I ever did in my life was something good and in all these different ways. When in fact that I mean they told me the story, so I certainly didn't craft them from from from nothing. So I ask them, is everything on this document true? And the presupposition is that they would never tell me a falsehood, they wouldn't lie, they wouldn't make things up. I've never had anybody do that. Um and when they agree that these things happened, and I so do you see yourself reflected in every statement? If they are true, do you see yourself in every one? And I've never gotten a no. Um, I did have one person say this is many years ago, stuck in my head all these years. Um, it was an HR um manager, I believe she was. And she saw her resume. And so you would think maybe somebody in HR would have um sort of more knowledge about what a resume should look like, but it's always hard to talk about ourselves anyway. So she called me up after she saw the resume and said, I don't know who this girl is, but I think I need to hire her. And we just broke out into, you know, tons of laughter and and had a good chat. Um, I love that kind of a sentiment that somebody feels like they see themselves so differently. And maybe they just needed permission. Not that I get to give them permission, they they should have it without me. I don't have any, I don't hold any keys to this.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, but it's so nice when people um reflect back to me that they took their blinders off, I guess.

SPEAKER_01:

Um it's lovely and it happens all the time, and there's nothing that makes me happier.

SPEAKER_00:

I mean, nothing.

SPEAKER_02:

You mentioned being a mirror and a catalyst, and perhaps what you do is that you help people recognize themselves.

SPEAKER_00:

It's a really good way of putting it.

SPEAKER_01:

So I foundationally, I am not going to make anything up. I am, I'm not going to, you know, Chat GPT hallucinate some sort of new persona or new set of experiences for somebody. There's nothing going on like that. Um, the investigative process is such that I want to learn everything there is to know about somebody's career. But I also want to be, when this is all said and done, I want to be invisible. And maybe that's my introversion. Um, it's funny, um, in college I was a stage manager, which meant I was dressed in black and walked behind the um the stage and the sets and the didn't, you know, I wasn't ever present to the audience. But what I did made, you know, had an impact. I feel like I'm just a perpetually dressed in black and and hiding from the the overall intended audience because I want the person who is doing the activity of job search or talking to people. I want them to shine. And if I can make them shine just a little brighter, that makes me happy. And I'm really okay being in the background.

SPEAKER_02:

I think that's a beautiful description of the power of the quiet achiever and the person who is in the background supporting other people to shine. And we all need that stage manager. We all need someone behind us who, you know, nudges us, tells us it's okay, tells us what we should do next, cues us in, reassures us, and all, you know, just keeps everything flowing smoothly. We all need someone like you in our lives. So, since you mentioned Chat GPT, what are your thoughts on AI-generated resumes? Oh my goodness. Um, okay.

SPEAKER_01:

If I haven't already been fully transparent in this discussion, um now I get to be even more transparent.

SPEAKER_00:

Um the LLMs, large language models, there's all sorts of them out there, are amazing at doing things quickly, but not necessarily doing things well.

SPEAKER_01:

And they're never going to know more about an individual than that person knows inside themselves. They're just not at they like how could they know? Unless the data is out there and we tell it in some way, there's no way that it's going to invent plausible information about an individual, which means that a resume that is wholly driven by, or even in part maybe driven by Chat TPT or whatever the other ones are.

SPEAKER_00:

Is going to be less detailed, more bland, and maybe just a notch too clever.

SPEAKER_01:

Um so that it's it's inauthentic. Um and I don't think that's me as a resume writer, uh speaking as a resume writer per se. I think that could be true for any kind of prose or any kind of text that might come out of this. It can only um digest and spit out what it's been told. So I hope that people will give themselves credit for being way, way more exciting than a machine. That doesn't mean that Chat GPT can't help with, but lots of things. Um I use it for complex math, mostly um rates of change that I really don't want to have to remember how to do from you know, college or university. Um but I'm not asking it to, I mean, uh, you can ask it to do all sorts of things. It'll it'll come up with all sorts of you know, sometimes hilarious results, but none that feel like the person or a person. Even famous people, which I sure I'm sure they have lots of things, um, lots of data sources to draw from, way more than any sort of typical person, still doesn't sound like that famous person.

SPEAKER_00:

I'm trying just for fun. Didn't come out great.

SPEAKER_02:

So in the context of employment, a resume is something we don't revise all the time until we need to generally. So on a day-to-day basis, what would be your advice for the introverted, the the quiet achiever, the professional?

SPEAKER_00:

What can they do proactively to prepare, to land their next role? I think one of the most panic, panicked moments for somebody, particularly a quiet achiever, is the um comes with the realization that they need the resume tomorrow. Um and and nobody can do that well.

SPEAKER_01:

Um so if that is not the end game, um, preparing today for an unspecified amount of time into the future when this would be required is a really, really good thing. Um, it can be as simple as just keeping a running document of all the things that happen in the course of a week or so, um however long, so that the data doesn't get stale, you don't forget. Um, and keeping that information off your work computer, somewhere on your own private um data storage, because as can happen, and this actually happened to a client of mine just this week. Um, well, I found out about it this week. It happened a while ago. Um, his position was terminated and he lost access to his work computer and his email, and it caused a whole host of problems. So having all of that on your own personal devices is a really good thing, and keeping track of um what the context of the problem or the situation was, the specific challenge that the person was trying to solve, the actions they took to make that happen, and the results maybe ongoing of all of this sort of ecosystem the things that happened in this ecosystem. And that acronym is a good one to remember, and resume writers use it all the time. It's car. So it's for challenge, C for car, C for challenge, A for action, R for results. And to be fair, that's not how you would tell the story in your resume. Um, you wouldn't really necessarily tell the story in a chronological way. You would probably start with the big wins. But it's a very easy mnemonic to remember to capture the stories as they happen in real time. Uh, because maybe you know the challenge on a Monday, but you don't know the action until Thursday. And then the outcomes, the results aren't for a month. Uh, so keeping space for that in a document or a spreadsheet can be really, really helpful. And it also um keeps us from having to keep all that data in our head. Um, then we can make space for other things that are um maybe more immediate. Um so offloading that to a you know, external brain, if you will, can be very helpful. And then you can do multiple versions of these, you know, for everything that's going on in your professional life.

SPEAKER_00:

Um there's no need to keep it all, all the nitty-gritty details uh in active memory, let's say.

SPEAKER_02:

I think that's a really, really good um recommendation to think about the challenge, the action, the results, and to document them as they go. That's something a quiet achiever and introvert would um really excel at documenting, you know, paying attention to details, but then also remembering that this is a practice, an ongoing practice. And it helps them keep that, those stories alive, or when they need to tell them and when they need to, you know, um show proof that they have done something. It's inactive memory. It's not, oh my gosh, I've got to scramble. You know, what was that thing I did, you know, a couple of months ago? And already the quiet achiever has a lot in the heads. They are constantly overthinking. So, you know, the idea of this external brain dump, you know, having somewhere safe and secure to keep track of all these uh experiences, these successes, these stories, so that they can pull them together at the right time and use them to advantage. I think that's a brilliant practice. So thank you for sharing that. What is one final piece of advice you have for the for the introverts, the quiet achievers, the deep thinkers who are listening?

SPEAKER_00:

I can't possibly be the first person to say this. But I think nobody is scrutinizing oneself the way they are.

SPEAKER_01:

So everybody is focused on their own stuff and not on on what your your own sort of presentation is. Um I think in the in the professional sense or uh job search sense, um, what that really means is somebody has to go outside their comfort zone and make these details and facts and um sort of car statement stories very visible because other people are not going to be looking for them in you the way that you are um, the way that you've stored them in your own brain. Um they they won't have access to it, or they won't care, or they're introverted, or they're self-centered. All these things could be true, or some overlapping um uh circumstances may be possible too. So to understand that the resume, the interview, maybe the annual review, depending on the context, these are the appropriate venues to say I did something well. And it's socially acceptable, it's expected, and your audience is never gonna know unless you tell them.

SPEAKER_00:

So tell them. Tell them. Yes.

SPEAKER_02:

And tell them from a place of not so much of look how great I am, but this is what I've done, this is what I'm capable of doing, this is how I can help you solve this particular problem. So I think where we come from that position of the word that you said, care and caring, us caring about the job that we do and doing it well, and caring enough to express it, to articulate it, to verbalize it so that someone else gets it, because then they can see how to connect the dots and they can see that we can help them solve their problems. That I think we are doing ourselves and them a service. And I think that comes from a place of as well, of duty, of service, of moral obligation, of wanting to make that positive difference. So there is a reason why we are talking. It's not for our own benefit only or to blow our own trumpet or anything like that. It's more because we care about something bigger. And I think that's a very good place to wrap up our conversation. And I really appreciate you coming on and sharing your time and your wisdom with us today, Amy. What is the best way for people to connect with you and work with you?

SPEAKER_01:

Thank you so much for having me. So I know this has just been amazing. I've truly enjoyed getting to meet you, to getting to learn about your practice. Um, so thank you so much for having me here. Um, for people who want to find me, um, my website is fivestrengths.com. That's f-e, s t-r-en-g t-h-s dot com. And I am always on LinkedIn, and my handle is my first name, middle initial, and last name.

SPEAKER_02:

So Amy L. Adler. Brilliant. We will make sure to have all this in the show notes for people to reach out to you. So if you've enjoyed today's episode, be sure to leave a five-star rating and review to help the Quiet Warrior podcast reach more introverts and quiet achievers around the world. And for access to the latest resources on how to thrive as an introvert, make sure you're subscribed to the Visible Introvert newsletter at serenalo.com.au. See you on the next episode. I'm so grateful that you're here today. If you found this content valuable, please share it on your social media channels and subscribe to the show on your favorite listening platform. Together we can help more introverts thrive. To receive more uplifting content like this, connect with me on Instagram at Serenalo Quiet Warrior Coach. Thank you for sharing your time and your energy with me. See you on the next episode.