Stephanie Thoma focuses on helping others make connections; she helps introverts feel confident and she redefines networking.  

Overcoming social anxiety, she fought broad limiting beliefs and brings her broad transformational journey to her work.  

• We’re all a mix of introversion and extroversion
• Activate based on what you love
• The “solitude sandwich” is how some of us refuel (go out and give, withdraw to regain focus, go out and give)
• The “Big Light Secret” is the opposite of the downward spiraling big dark secret. As confidence builds, people shine.
• Networking should never be fake. 
• • Stay away from openers like the weather and traffic. Those can set a potentially negative tone for the conversation. Instead, ask about lighter things while acknowledging the situation: “What’s your favorite thing about Shelter In Place?”
• Networking has expanded because we’re virtual. You can easily be at an event with people from all over the world!
• Stephanie believes in connection: Connection - Confidence - Consciousness
• Then she said something else akin to something I say all the time, “Stay Curious!” and she asks us to pay attention to how the external is affecting the internal.  

Go to StephanieThoma.com/freebie for a free download of her Working Remotely Worksheet

Here to grab a copy of her book!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B089ZZ6T58?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420&fbclid=IwAR33ff1ygDJQdE5HNyy2brb1RCZYeWRiF-T361X3KjrfO2i3-YN0SgOnguQ

Final words? “Trust Yourself,” she says.

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