Shrink For The Shy Guy

How To Change Your Story

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Apr 9, 2014
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INSIGHT

Your Story Becomes Your Life

  • Your internal story (beliefs about yourself) shapes your behavior and therefore your life outcomes.
  • Changing that story is essential to overcome shyness and increase social confidence.
ANECDOTE

Dr. Aziz’s Eye-Pigmentation Story

  • Dr. Aziz shares his decade-long belief that dark pigmentation around his eyes made him unattractive.
  • He even used cream to try to hide it while the belief controlled his behavior with women.
ADVICE

Replace Negative Beliefs With Alternatives

  • Identify your painful self-belief and write an alternative, more empowering belief down.
  • Then search for evidence that supports the new belief to begin shifting your story.
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