Great post! I feel that the sound advice that you are directing toward introverts can also legitimately be applied to (most) women in business. In my experience, even women that are socially outgoing have difficulty clearly defining what they need/want, let alone asking for it.

Aside from individual personality types, cultural pressures exist that can make it even more challenging for women to assert a desire. In the conservative Southern college town I have my business based, this arena of communication is one of the most difficult aspects to doing business through networking. A corollary to this is the near inability to say "no, thanks, i'm not interested."

I'd like to share this post with my women's biz networking group.Thanks.