An Australian friend and I were talking recently about self-promotion. She said she isn’t good at it because Australians tend to be self-deprecating, while many of her US colleagues are more outspoken.

I told her I 100% related. When I was in the corporate world, I tended to work hard in the background and assume the quality of my work would prove my value. The people I worked with directly knew what I was contributing, but people farther up the chain didn’t always know.

She said, “That’s not very American of you.” 😊