From the course: Turning Awkwardness into Your Greatest Asset
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Practice with small-stakes situations
From the course: Turning Awkwardness into Your Greatest Asset
Practice with small-stakes situations
Well, could you share with us a cool story of someone who put in the reps? Where they start from, what did they do, and what cool results did they see on the other side? Absolutely. Yes, I do some executive coaching and I worked with a private client named Satya. I talk about her a bit in the book. She was painfully shy. Her parents, very gregarious, extroverted, her sister as well. And not only was she sort of naturally introverted and shy, but she had began a new job during the pandemic, at which point she really didn't have any ability to meet her peers in person. And she would see for a period of time her peers continue to get promoted ahead of her because they had had the advantage of things like networking and she didn't have natural places to do so, having worked from home by herself. So she realized, hey, if I want to get ahead, I got to do this thing that I don't particularly love, I find very awkward, which is networking. So she practiced in the small stakes moments. So…
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Acknowledge awkwardness subtly2m 3s
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Putting on a performance is draining3m 38s
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Awkwardness accompanies growth5m 16s
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Build your social muscles3m 6s
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Practice with small-stakes situations2m 45s
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Encourage sharing awkwardness2m 17s
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Take strategic micro-risks2m
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Use humor strategically5m 26s
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Give yourself grace2m 19s
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You are not their protagonist1m 11s
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Everyone experiences awkwardness44s
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