Shyness can hold us back in many areas of our life. Overcoming our fears, and our anxieties while building courage frees us to live the kind of social life we want. The following list contains 101 ways to overcome shyness.

Stop thinking so logically it only gets in your way

Change social pain to social pleasure by feeling good while being social

Visualize your success

Squash negative thoughts immediately

Think in confident ways

Always mentally congratulate yourself for taking any action

Create confident habits

Analyze and learn from your shyness

Interrupt shy thinking patterns

Get therapy to overcome past traumas

Drop your negative social beliefs

Drop any limiting beliefs you have about yourself

Like yourself, focus only on what's great about you

Stop judging yourself

Realize no one is watching you

Accept your fears, there's nothing wrong with you

Breathe deeply to relax yourself

Understand where your fear comes from

Understand its often from our evolution

Realize there is no such thing as failure as long as you try

Clear your mind of all thoughts

Live completely in the present moment

Reprogram your subconscious until you are convinced you are confident

Meditate

Learn building confidence is like training a muscle

Write a list of all your fears

Take baby steps in conquering your small fears

Or... Tackle your biggest fears head on

Set goals in writing

Work towards them relentlessly

Accept no excuses

Respect yourself

Stand up for yourself

Create mental anchors of confidence

Gain knowledge about your fears

Gain experience in dealing with them

Use overwhelming force to destroy them

Take SOME action every time you feel ANY fear

Feel the fear but do it anyway

Strengthen your voice

Speak with confidence

Stand taller (don't look at the ground)

Use your eyes to communicate

Move slowly and deliberately

Relax your shoulders

Learn how to tell a good story

Really listen to others when they speak

Be cheerful

Get out of your head and into the moment

Smile often

Bring a positive energy to your interactions

Add value to others

Be congruent with who you are

Vibe with others

Improve your sense of humor

Practice personal development in all areas

Connect with people who share your values

Have fun when being social

Realize you will die

Imagine your life without changing 10 years from now

Imagine your life 10 years from now when you can't even remember your shyness

Look at all the areas your shyness is holding you back

Think how much more full of life you can be once you overcome it

Strive for complete social freedom

Get inspired... this is your only life... it's yours to create... create it now.

Decide you want to live a book worthy life that can inspire others

As you progress appreciate how far you've come

Never give up

Make strong eye contact with others

Smile at strangers

Talk to at least 1 stranger a day

Take a martial arts class

Sincerely compliment someone every day

Ask people deep questions

Go hand gliding

Always communicate honestly with others

Play truth or dare and always pick dare

Avoid yes or no answers to questions, expand

Go cliff jumping

Be the party in social gatherings

Host a party at your house

Ask someone out

Dance every chance you get, dance every chance you get

Go sky diving

Be spontaneous

Act silly

Meet friends with similar goals and challenge each other

Accept all challenges

Never turn down a social get together

Learn from others who have already accomplished this

Do social experiments such as giving free hugs

Or wearing stupid outfits in public

Having high five contests

Singing in front of others

Freezing in public (alone or with friends) until people notice

Role play with strangers (pretend to be a salesman)

Go on random adventures

Go bungee jumping

Stop watching TV or playing video games and GO OUT

Expand your world by gaining new perspectives

Travel the world

As someone who has broken out of my own shell, I can confidently tell you: The sooner you begin to transform your life, the sooner you can reap the great rewards breaking out of your shell brings to you. There's no better investment you can make, then in your own personal development.

Decide you want to live a life void of any limiting shyness. Break out of your shell, and start scratching items off this list!

Check out my book about overcoming shyness and breaking out of your shell at: How to Break Out of Your Shell http://www.traveltogrow.com/how-to-break-out-of-your-shell/.