Goodbye to Shy: 85 Shybusters That Work!

Leil Lowndes

McGraw Hill Professional, Jul 12, 2006 - Self-Help - 272 pages

Say hello to new friends, new business opportunities, new love, and new confidence

Okay, so you're shy. Here are 85 proven techniques to help you conquer your shyness and change your life for good. No psychobabble. No nonsense. These tested "ShyBusters" prepare you for that upcoming party, work function, interview, date, and the rest of your life.

As someone who overcame debilitating shyness herself, professional speaker Leil Lowndes used this method to become a confident woman who has been interviewed on hundreds of TV and radio shows and has spoken to crowds of 10,000. You'll soon be making "fearless conversation" with people who used to intimidate you. You'll learn how to win the love you deserve and ask for whatever you want. You will overcome embarrassing stammering, sweating, clamming up, and wishing you were invisible.

Good-Bye to Shy will show you how to:

• Make a stronger impression at work, at parties, in any situation
• Feel more relaxed around people, make eye contact, and spark conversations
• Boost your career, jump-start your social life, and open your heart to new possibilities

Say Good-Bye to Shy--and hello to the happy, loving, confident person who's been hiding inside you.

Contents

• Preface: xi
• 1 How to Deal with People Now Until Your Shyness Is Gone: 1
• 2 What People Really Think of You: 19
• 3 Your ThreeStep Game Plan: 43
• 4 The Seven Best Beginners ShyBusters: 61
• 5 Four Rare ShyBusters That Work Wonders: 93
• Get a New Life: 107
• 7 Parties and Other Places in Hell: 115
• 8 Fearless Conversation: 133
• 9 Eight Advanced SureFire Shy Extinguishers: 163
• 10 Sex and the Single Shy: 185
• 11 For Parents and Shys Who Want to Know Why and How to Prevent It: 219
• 12 Getting to Know Yourself and Love Yourself and Becoming a Certified Sure: 241
• Cheryls Full Letter: 251
• 100 SelfKnowledge Questions: 253
• Acknowledgments: 257
• References: 261
• Recommended Reading: 265
• Index: 267

About the author

Leil Lowndes is a professional speaker and bestselling author of How to Talk to Anyone, How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You, and How to Be a People Magnet. Visit Leil at lowndes.com for more advice on how to become more successful in business, friendship, and love.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Goodbye to Shy: 85 Shybusters That Work!
• Author: Leil Lowndes
• Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional, 2006
• ISBN: 0071737235, 9780071737234
• Length: 272 pages
• Subjects: Self-Help / Personal Growth / General; Self-Help / Personal Growth / Memory Improvement