How Do You Overcome Shyness & Build Self Confidence?
Shyness usually stems from self-consciousness, which causes the individual to not feel confident enough to take progressive actions. Generally, shyness disappears once a person matures; however some people remain shy all their lives. Shyness can cripple an individual to the degree that he may never fulfill his dreams and desires. It can stop him from applying for better jobs, making friends and stifle his communication; ultimately, his self-confidence suffers. If you are a shy person and need help improving your self-confidence, follow these steps. Become truly interested in others. Shy people are typically introverted. To overcome your shyness, try to inject some extroversion into your personality. People are everywhere and you have to deal with them—at work, school or at home. By climbing outside yourself and by learning who the people surrounding you are, you become interested in whom they are as a person. Listen carefully to what people are saying instead of focusing on how self-
