Ep 28: Turning Up the Volume of Introverts with Amma Marfo
This week, comedian, author, and educator Amma Marfo jumps into the diner booth with me! She has written three books, the first of which, The I’s Have It, is all about introverted leaders. Since I am a giant extrovert, I had some questions. We discussed assumptions that are often made about introverts and why introverts do not get the love they deserve. It was cool to hear when Amma became proud of her introversion. We also discussed the intersection of being a woman and a person of color who also identifies as an introvert. We then shifted our convo to underselling yourself as an entrepreneur. Amma dropped some great tips for how to get better. As a community Watching your mouth as an educator and a comedian at the same time. Balancing sensitive topics around sensitive topics. Amma’s latest passion project has been around the importance of creativity. I asked her, how do you teach creativity to adults and really loved her insights about how we need to separate being creative and being artistic.