Last month, I was at PSB Academy STEM Campus, and I was interviewed by Marc Wong for a series of videos that he has been planning to produce for the benefit of students and alumni of PSB Academy - a series that he calls Career Cookies - with a short message in each video, like fortune cookies (which, if you watched Iron Man 3, is an American invention, not a Chinese one).

But I digress.

Marc asked if I would speak about introversion and how introverts can become more confident when they meet people. So, I did.

And here's the video!

3 Tips in the video:

1) Have a Conversation Starter with you. For me, it’s often a book or my camera.

2) Aim to meet just ONE person per event. Follow up, and talk to this person about something that interests you.

3) Keep practising! All skills can be mastered!

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