Why “speak up more” is actually terrible advice for quiet people
Awfully Quiet · Hannah Sosa
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Show Notes
You’ve probably been told to “speak up more” at work.
And you try. But it never quite works the way people say it will.
This episode is about why that advice doesn’t really work for quiet people. And actually… why it can make things worse.
We talk about:
- why visibility isn’t a volume problem
- what happens when you try to “speak up more”
- why your thinking stays invisible (even when it’s really good)
- the difference between talking more and being understood
- what the quiet version of visibility actually looks like
Chapters
00:00 The worst advice quiet people keep getting
00:47 Why visibility was never really built for you
01:28 The assumption that’s setting you up to fail
03:02 Why doing great work still isn’t enough
04:00 The alternative no one really talks about
05:03 What changes when you stop trying to be louder
05:32 Next week
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