# Staying Quiet Is the Most Expensive Thing You'll Ever Do | Ep 427 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-speaking-confidence-storytelling-selling-personal-brand-career-advancement-be-in-demand-1051687/staying-quiet-is-the-most-expensive-thing-you-ll-ever-do-ep-427 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-speaking-confidence-storytelling-selling-personal-brand-career-advancement-be-in-demand-1051687/staying-quiet-is-the-most-expensive-thing-you-ll-ever-do-ep-427.md Podcast: [Public Speaking, Confidence, Storytelling, Selling, Personal Brand, Career Advancement: Be In Demand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-speaking-confidence-storytelling-selling-personal-brand-career-advancement-be-in-demand-1051687) Published: 2026-06-22T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://podcast.speakandstandout.com Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/04fc0d2f-f022-4f15-b16b-62ec86176f5e.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/public-speaking-confidence-storytelling-selling-personal-brand-career-advancement-be-in-demand-1051687/episodes/staying-quiet-is-the-most-expensive-thing-you-ll-ever-do-ep-427 Duration seconds: 966 ## Resource Staying Quiet Is Quietly Costing You, and It's Compounding Like Debt When you stop speaking up, the rent doesn't disappear, it turns into debt, and debt charges interest. This episode breaks down what staying quiet is really costing you, why the gap between you and the visible people at work keeps compounding the longer you wait, and how to start paying it down in small, almost invisible payments before it costs you the next level. Here's what you'll learn: The credit card truth about staying silent, and why every month you wait to improve your speaking costs you more than the month before A full year of dragging your feet, what that kind of procrastination actually costs you in momentum and impact, and why no amount of money buys it back The inconvenient weekly lunch that rebuilt a relationship over forty years, and what it reveals about making compounding work for you instead of against you The small, almost invisible payments hiding in your ordinary workweek that get you current faster than any dramatic leap ever could Who you become on the other side of it, the speaker people actually remember, follow, and promote The rent on being remembered comes due every time there's a room to be in. The good news is you can start catching up today. >>>Book an Executive Presence Audit at https://speakandstandout.com/executive-presence Experts Edge newsletter delivered right to you inbox: https://speakandstandout.com/bid-newsletter Connect with me on: LinkedIN : https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-ann-murabito Instagram: @laurieann.murabito Visit my website for more advice and tips Thank you for listening, LA ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/public-speaking-confidence-storytelling-selling-personal-brand-career-advancement-be-in-demand-1051687/episodes/staying-quiet-is-the-most-expensive-thing-you-ll-ever-do-ep-427/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/public-speaking-confidence-storytelling-selling-personal-brand-career-advancement-be-in-demand-1051687/staying-quiet-is-the-most-expensive-thing-you-ll-ever-do-ep-427.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.