Overcoming Shyness and Push-Ups.
What do overcoming shyness and increasing the number of push-ups you can do have in common? Well quite a lot it turns out.
1. You have to be the one to do it.
If you want overcome shyness and improve your people skills you have to be the one to do it. You have to be the one to do the work. You can’t get a friend to do it for you and you can’t hire someone or outsource it. You and only you can improve the current situation.
2. You actually have to do something.
Action must be taken in order to make improvements. Reading up on tips and techniques is fine and can help motivate you, but you must take action. Reading about proper push-up technique is fine, but unless you are down on the floor practicing those push-ups you will never improve. Likewise when your goal is to reduce your shyness, reading up on tips, tricks and advice is fine, but it is more important that you get out there and interact with people in different situations because it is this action that will contribute the most to your success in overcoming shyness.
3. It doesn’t matter where you start from only that you do something.
So what if you can only do 2 push ups now. If you are down on the floor practicing each day very soon you will be doing 10 then 20 and pretty soon you will be doing 40 a day. The key is not to focus on where you start from but where you are going.
4. Small chances can have big impact.
Spend 5 small minutes a day doing push up will see you go from doing 2 to 10 in a week then 20 the next week. Likewise taking small action to overcome shyness can easily have a big impact on your overall confidence and comfort in social situations.
5. Everyone starts at the beginning.
When you see someone do 100 push-ups with ease it is easy to forget that they work hard to get there and at some point they were only doing 10. Remember that they had to work hard and practice regularly. So don’t get discouraged when you see someone at who with seemingly little effort gets along well with everyone. They had to learn social skills too. Practice and practice some more and soon you will feel comfortable and confident in social situations too.
6. It can be hard.
People don’t like to hear that something can be hard. Most people like the easy way, but when it comes to some things, such as overcoming shyness, it can be hard at times. Acknowledge that it can be hard and take pride in your improvements. If overcoming shyness is something that you desire then you will know that even if it’s hard - it is always worth it.
7. It can be done.
Overcoming shyness is a perfectly realistic goal. So is increasing the number of push-ups you can comfortably do. Both take time and practice – but can be achieved. Sometimes it can be hard to vision yourself without your shyness impacting your life. In these moments do your best to remember that you can overcome shyness. It can be done.
