Unit 3. Ways to overcome or deal with shyness.

We all know that know being shy can sometimes hinder our opportunities to demonstrate what we are really capable of when it comes to a job interview, making a presentation, or asking for a promotion or salary raise. Therefore, it becomes compulsory that we set aside our shyness and step into our greatness.

One thing we can do to avoid being shy is to understand that we are all humans and as such we are not supposed to be perfect but creatures full of flaws instead. We should also realize that recognizing our mistakes and working to correct them is one of our greatest gifts.

In addition to the first advice, we should learn how to make lemonades out of the lemons life throws at us with a positive attitude because being optimistic helps a great deal in overcoming any problem or situation.

Finally, we have to accept that being ourselves is the satisfying thing we can do and while it is true that people will make misattributions about us such as “he is aloof, unintelligent, or any other negative traits”, we need to understand and be confident that none of those should define who we really are.