Stop Trying to Work the Room
The worst advice given to introverts at professional events is also the most common: "Just put yourself out there." At a packed Mumbai tech summit or a Delhi industry mixer, "the room" is forty conversations happening at once, most of them surface-level and forgettable. Chanakya wrote in the Arthashastra that a wise person selects their battles carefully, the same logic applies to conversations. One meaningful exchange with the right person outperforms ten handshakes you won't remember by Tuesday.
