Hi, everybody. It is a very happy Helen from the Squiggly Careers podcast. And before we get to today's episode, I just wanted to say a huge thank you from me and Sarah for everyone's support with the launch of our new book, Learn Like a Lobster. It is out in the UK now. It is out in the US on the 24th of February. We cannot wait for this book to start arriving with everyone the thousands of people

who have pre-ordered it and it'll be arriving at their houses right now. Please flick through the book.

Let us know what you love. Take photos. Share it with us on LinkedIn. If you haven't ordered it yet,

now's the time. It's going to come straight away. But yeah, a huge, huge thank you for us. We're

really excited to see what everybody

thinks, to see what actions people take and to start turning lobster learning into the new

norm at work. On to today's episode. Hi, my name's Sarah. And in this squiggly shortcut, I'm going to be

talking to you about how to network if you're like me and more introverted

than extroverted. Now, if you are introverted, it doesn't mean that you don't like people.

It's much more about how, where and when you re-energize. So if I've had a really full-on day,

the last thing I want to do is see more people. I like my own company.

I like the quiet and I like being by myself. And it definitely is tempting for me to stick to talking

to people I already know and like and to build relationships I need for my day job, but perhaps de-prioritise the ones that I need for my

development. I get nervous meeting new people and you know, you can always make excuses about

why you can't do this. I haven't got time. I'm too busy. But the reason people really matter

in a squiggly career is other people are a

brilliant source of learning opportunity and possibility. They can see things that you can't see.

They know things that you don't know. And we talk about pulling possibilities towards you.

And that has been so true for me with other people. So if I hadn't done

some of what I'm going to talk to you about today, I don't think I would have had some of the

amazing experiences that I've had in my squiggly career where people have said, well, this might

be interesting or you should talk to that person. So my top tip, number one one is if you said to me, well, who do you

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