Do any or all of these statements apply to you?
- I find it very difficult to talk to new people.
- I lack confidence with people.
- I feel very tense and nervous when I try to initiate a conversation
- I have difficulty talking to other people.
- I often tense up and forget what I was about to say when trying to talk to someone new.
- I am especially nervous when talking to someone I would like to date.
- I often replay entire dialogues in my mind, wishing I had said something different.
- People see me as very quiet but I do not want to be.
I hear you.
I was perhaps one of the most painfully shy people you could ever know until sometime in my late 20’s… although at 50, I STILL have to deal with feelings of shyness at times.
Having said that, I now regularly speak in public and actually enjoy it!
This is a picture of the audience at a recent speaking engagement.
Want to know what helped me overcome 90% of those awkward feelings with other people?
Reading and learning and implementing tactics that other people had used successfully.
Here’s one example from acclaimed personal development coach, John Mercer called “How I Destroyed My Shyness And Social Anxiety By Playing Games!”
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