Don’t Be Shy

Here is a tip that works to help you take action and prevent your shyness overtaking you.   Keep your phone near you.  If you have a home office set up, keep you phone in this area.  It is best to be able to reach your phone without having to get up.   This works because now when you realise you need to make a call, you can just pick up the phone and call.  If you have to get up and walk to the phone, this gives you too much time to think and there is a good chance that your shyness will start and this may prevent you from making the call, or cause anxiety.

I discovered this by accident several years ago after I rearranged things and as a result moved the phone (cordless) to the next room.  I found that if I was sitting at my desk and decided that I needed to ring someone then having to actually get up and walk into the next room gave my shyness enough time to kick in and often I found excuses not to make the call.  Keeping the phone right next to my desk means that once I realise I need to call someone, I just pick it up and make the call.  This way I was already talking with someone before my shyness had time to realise what was going.