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My personal Hudsucker Proxy:
Overcoming fear of change
Recognizing opportunities, and summoning the courage to seize them
A lecture proposal for LavaCon 2015
An
introvert’s
story of how
Things (mostly)
work out
Connect with
Matt Sullivan
 Newsletter-techcommtools.com
 Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn-
mattrsullivan
 YouTube-tc2ls or mattrsullivan
In this session I’ll discuss three things:
• Technology, career, and where fear held me back
• What I should have done to overcome
• How I’ve used my strengths as an introvert to
succeed, including my personal formula

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My personal Hudsucker Proxy: Overcoming fear of change

  • 1. My personal Hudsucker Proxy: Overcoming fear of change Recognizing opportunities, and summoning the courage to seize them A lecture proposal for LavaCon 2015
  • 3. Connect with Matt Sullivan  Newsletter-techcommtools.com  Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn- mattrsullivan  YouTube-tc2ls or mattrsullivan
  • 4. In this session I’ll discuss three things: • Technology, career, and where fear held me back • What I should have done to overcome • How I’ve used my strengths as an introvert to succeed, including my personal formula