How introverts can level up in meetings

One very helpful tactic is to prepare in advance for meeting a couple of points you might want to make or questions you might want to raise. Don't assume you have to be spontaneous the way other people appear to be. If you're more of a preparer, you should prepare. And then also to give yourself a push to speak up early in the meeting, both because ideas that get advanced early tend psychologically to be anchoring ideas that people pay more attention to. But also for you, you'll start to feel more like you're part of things. People will be directing their eye contact towards you if you speak up early, and that becomes a kind of virtuous cycle. Another is to realize that yes, humans respond to the voice that's loudest and deepest, but as humans, we also respond to others who are speaking from a deep sense of conviction. And that is a muscle that you can strengthen. Get into the habit of thinking, am I speaking from here? Am I speaking from a deep place? And people will know it if you're coming from that place so that you don't actually have to be the loudest person in the room in order for people to pay attention.