#69 — How to Break the Habits Blocking Your Next Promotion

What if the habit holding back your promotion isn't your personality — but the way your brain shuts down under stress?

For most introverted leaders, the moment that matters — speaking up in a meeting, pushing back on a louder colleague, advocating for your own work — comes with a physical reaction your brain has been trained to avoid. So you stay quiet. The opportunity passes. And the pattern hardens.

In this episode, Greg sits down with Norman Farb — neuroscientist, University of Toronto professor, and co-author of Better in Every Sense — to unpack the science of why introverts get stuck, how the brain's "default mode network" runs us on autopilot, and the small daily practice that lets you make a different choice in the moments that decide your career.

In this episode you'll discover:

• Recognize the stress response that quietly shuts down your ability to speak up, advocate, or lead in real time
• Rewire the habit loop between sensation and reaction so you can act with quiet authority even when your heart is racing
• Expand your sense of self instead of trying to "become" an extrovert — the path Norman's research shows actually leads to lasting change

If you've ever walked out of a meeting thinking, I had the better idea and I still said nothing — this conversation will change how you understand that moment, and give you a way through it. Hit play and listen now.

• Better in Every Sense — Norman Farb & Zindel Segal
• Norman Farb — University of Toronto Faculty Page
• Norman Farb's Research Lab

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