How to Overcome Shyness and Gain Self-Confidence?

About How to Overcome Shyness and Gain Self-Confidence?

Do you feel nervous in situations where you will be meeting new people? Do you find yourself wishing you had more friends? How much does your shyness bother you or interfere with your life? Do people misinterpret your shyness as a sign of aloofness or a snobby attitude? Nearly everyone sometimes feels shy:

Before making an important announcement

When you want to make a good impression on someone

When raising a delicate issue with someone in a position of authority

When you have to make a complaint, etc. Many people across the world describe themselves as shy. They are concerned that people will look at them, evaluate them, and judge them poorly. They fear rejection. In many cases, people are unhappy with this trait. Shyness prevents them from doing things they would like to be able to do, such as getting out and making new friends, assuming greater positions of responsibility at work. They would like to change things so that they wouldn’t have to feel like this. Shyness refers to feeling awkward or uncertain in social situations. It is associated with

self-consciousness

, excessive

monitoring of behavior

and

over-rehearsal

of potential statements. For many people, making

small talk

, asking other people for directions,

saying hello

to a neighbor – is very difficult. They want desperately to participate in conversation, but feel ill-equipped to do so. They feel frustrated, alienated and excluded. They hesitate, can’t

be spontaneous

in speech, and don’t

express opinions

. Shy people are often erroneously considered rude or aloof. Shyness is also related to _perfectionism_ , desire to _please others_ , sensitivity to _criticism_ ,_fear of rejection_ , _suggestibility_ , difficulty relaxing, and frequent _worry_. This course will be useful for anyone who is troubled by shyness and experiences difficulties when interacting with other people. It will provide you with sufficient information about shyness and offer a variety of strategies to overcome it. You will develop a better understanding of the problem and learn practical skills to deal with shyness. The course includes the following topics: 1. Developing

social skills

2. Building

self-esteem

3. How to cope with the challenges posed by shyness 4. Enhancing your social effectiveness 5. Understand yourself better 6. How to get rid of

feelings of inferiority

7. How does shyness develop and what keeps it going 8. How to deal with

embarrassment

9. How to reduce

self-consciousness

10. How to stop

monitoring

your behavior 11. How to build up

confidence

12. How to change

thinking patterns

13. How to deal with underlying beliefs and assumptions 14. How to become more

assertive

15. Are

introverts

shy? Shyness and

introversion

16. What causes people to be shy? 17.

Situations

that elicit shyness 18.

Feeling out of place

in social encounters 19. Why are

perfectionists

shy? 20. Negative consequences of being shy 21. Is shyness a positive trait? 22. Shyness

over the phone

23.

Social clumsiness

24. Shy person’s strategies for coping 25. Attitudes toward shy people 26. Shyness and

cultural messages

27. The fear of

being disliked

28. Fear of

disapproval and rejection

29. Shyness and your

body-image

30. Feeling inferior to others 31. How to

socialize naturally

32. Challenging your negative thoughts 33.

Low self-esteem

. What to do about it? 34. How

to communicate

effectively. Improving

communication skills

35. Dealing with

criticism

36. Understanding

social rules and conventions

37. Improving your

conversation skills

38. How to be and act

genuine