Ep 86: Why Being an Introvert Could Be Your Biggest Advantage in Business with Inga Faison-Cavitt
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In this episode of The Real Women Real Business Podcast, host Shauna Lynn Simon sits down with authenticity strategist Inga Faison-Cavitt, who proves that introverts don’t have to change who they are to thrive in sales or entrepreneurship. Once an engineer turned top 5% direct-sales leader, Inga built her success by honoring her natural strengths, deep listening, empathy, and meaningful connection, instead of relying on extroverted “hustle” tactics.
Listeners will gain powerful insights from her Authentic Sales Accelerator Method and her 3P Networking Framework, both designed to help introverted entrepreneurs grow without draining their social batteries. Inga shares how preparation, genuine relationship-building, and nurturing human connection can create lasting business success, and how even extroverts can benefit from understanding the introvert’s approach to communication and energy management.
Tune in to learn how to reframe your personality as a superpower, transform your sales conversations into authentic relationships, and redefine what it means to succeed in business on your own terms.
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Timestamps:
(00:02) - (05:40): Meet Inga Faison-Cavitt and hear how leaving her engineering career led to a thriving entrepreneurial journey
(05:41) - (13:10): How COVID opened the door for Inga to redefine sales her own way—and what happened when she stopped pretending to be an extrovert
(13:11) - (22:45): The 3P Framework for introverts to network with confidence and avoid social burnout
(22:46) - (38:20): Inside the Authentic Sales Accelerator Method and how mindset, relationships, and nurturing drive real business growth
(38:21) - (50:15): Turning quiet strengths into superpowers—Inga’s step-by-step for pushing past comfort zones and building authentic success
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Inga Faison-Cavitt
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About Inga Faison-Cavitt:
Inga Faison-Cavitt, also known as Inga Fay, is an Authenticity Strategist. She left her engineering career to follow her entrepreneurial spirit and now pursues her dream life full of faith, family, freedom, flexibility, and fitness. She is in the top 5% of her direct sales company and has earned two cars and four diamond rings.
Inga enjoys empowering female coaches and consultants with introverted tendencies to live their best life and helps them scale their businesses by mastering networking, relationship marketing, and sales strategies that treat people like humans, not a number.
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