Your choice completely. If you change your mind in the short term,
feel free to email me.

Henry

--- In SocialFitnessForum@yahoogroups.com, "Annette Fortner"
<tforty185@y...> wrote:
> Hi. Yes I am interested, but I am weary about giving out my
address.
> Annie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: stuff_plus_one
> To: SocialFitnessForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 8:41 PM
> Subject: [SocialFitnessForum] Re: Are you really "shy"?
>
>
>
> Don't feel suicidal, Annie. I have that book and want to send it
to
> you, free. If you're interested, please drop me a line.
>
> Henry
>
> --- In SocialFitnessForum@yahoogroups.com, "Annette Fortner"
> <tforty185@y...> wrote:
> > Hi. What you said really moved me and I want to get the book.
I
> am going though really bad social anxiety-shyness. Are you sure
you
> are only 15? Wow. I am feeling really hopeless right now and
the
> longer these bead feelings are in me, I feel suicidal. Don't
like to
> say that, but true.
> > Annie
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: punk_dude_20002
> > To: SocialFitnessForum@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 4:03 PM
> > Subject: [SocialFitnessForum] Are you really "shy"?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi, this is my first post in this forum, but i would like to
> share
> > with some of the people here that shyness might not be what
you
> > think it is, based on my experiences. I used to think i was
> a "shy"
> > person, because around other people i would be afraid to be
> myself,
> > afraid of what they would think of me, afraid of that
rejection
> > feeling. And if you are "shy" you know what else goes along
with
> it.
> > After reading a very good book called The 7 Habits of Highly
> > Effective People, by Stephen R. Covey, my perspectives
changed
> > dramatically. It is a much greater level of a normal book you
> would
> > read for intrest, or studying, it is a book that as you read
and
> > think about the material in it, and relate it to your life,
you
> > really learn valuable lessons. The best thing i learned in it
> that
> > started changing my "shyness" was starting with my roots. He
uses
> a
> > quote from somebody (i tried to find it but i couldnt lol).
> > Anyways, it basically compared human behavior to a tree, and
it
> said
> > something about for every thousand hackings at branches,
there is
> > one hack in the roots. What hes trying to say is that if your
> really
> > dont understand yourself, your values, and you try to be more
> social
> > that eventually you are going to hurt yourself inside even
more
> than
> > when you tried to be more social. He uses a "inside-out"
> approach,
> > which means that you have to work on your roots before you
can
> > really get out there socially and be social like you want to.
You
> > might not understand what i mean when i say roots, basically,
its
> > what your life is centered on. I could go on forever about
this
> book
> > and what i learned from it, but i know you dont want to read
a
> > forever going post, and i encourage you to get this book if
you
> > really want to change your life altogether. Back to
the "shyness"
> > not being what you really think it is. I thought i was a shy
> person,
> > im 15, and i was "shy" for most of my life. Im not your
average
> > teenager though, because once i learned to center my life on
a
> set
> > of principles i realized that it didnt matter if i was social
or
> > not, i learned to not care what people thought of me, and i
> learned
> > about a freedom we all have, that can never be taken away
from
> us.
> > Once i did these things, it really boosted my self
confidence,
> and a
> > lack of confidence was my problem, not "shyness" what i
always
> > thought it was. Once i accomplished a state of mind
> > called "independence" my personality naturally started to
come
> out,
> > and i didnt have to think about what i had to say, it just
flowed
> > out naturally. Im sure what a lot of this wont make sense to
some
> of
> > you, but again if you would really like to overcome
> your "shyness"
> > you should really invest into this book, if u use it right
you
> > realize you have the power to change your life, not the
people
> > around you. If you have any comments please reply to this
post,
> > because i would like to hear from other peole.
> >
> >
> >
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