I'm way too shy, please help
ankeshk: Countdown to failure.  Make it into a game.Rookie salesmen - the best instruction they receive is not: go and get 10 sales.  The best instruction they receive is: go and get 30 Nos.The goal of 30 Nos means they won't give up before that even if they face a lot of shit.A lot of pickup artists do this too.  They instruct people to go and approach as many girls as they can with a made up opening line before they are rebuked a 100 times.Counting down to failure works better in making sure you don't give up before you can raise your confidence level.Action Summary:Figure out what you consider your failure point.Come up with a number.  You need to reach your failure point that many times.Eg: It could be 10 people asking you to stop playing your guitar within 2 minutes of you starting to play.