{"id":4817,"date":"2014-04-18T20:37:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T20:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.power2improve.com\/?p=4817"},"modified":"2016-11-01T11:35:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T09:35:16","slug":"shy-compliment-catcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.power2improve.com\/en\/blog\/2014\/04\/18\/shy-compliment-catcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Shy compliment catcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Participants always look at me in astonishment: &#8216;You, shy ?!&#8217; Yes. As a child I discovered that you could capture attention while stage playing, and I liked that. But I mostly acted like\u00a0I was not shy. Add that to many years of speaking in front of\u00a0groups of 3 to 3,000 people and you will understand why this embarrassment is less and less visible.<\/h3>\n<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-margin-top:20px;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div>\n<p>The paradox is, that I teach a lot of people about communication and leadership. Inter alia to step\u00a0over\u00a0one&#8217;s\u00a0eventual shyness. During\u00a0presentations and in daily interactions I have succeeded in doing this for\u00a0quite some\u00a0years now. Be\u00a0it while regularly repeating the mantra, &#8220;Breathe, talk and see what happens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Inspiring<\/h3>\n<p>Compliments always were &#8211; and still are &#8211; my Achilles heel. Especially when it comes to words like\u00a0&#8216;inspiring&#8217;. Usually I would laugh in a shy way, while a struggle between pride, amazement and uncertainty\u00a0caused a\u00a0autiful and difficult mix of emotional disorder\u00a0from within.<\/p>\n<p>A few years ago I realized that there is a step to take here as well. Then I read somewhere: &#8220;Inspiring?! Inspiring? What in particular was it that you thought was so\u00a0inspiring? And what has it brought you\u00a0in\u00a0practice?&#8217; Great questions, in theory. Now I had to learn to be daring enough to ask them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, it has become a habit, similar to the one of taking cold showers. Uncomfortable to do, but it will make things\u00a0better! And afterwards I&#8217;m always happy that\u00a0I did it. Especially when the answer is one like this:<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8220;I really liked to see how you as a &#8216;shy&#8217; type are able to\u00a0tell in such an\u00a0inspiring way and to learn that\u00a0business flirting is just a matter of doing! Exactly what I, a shy person myself, can learn. 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Just about the right time\u00a0to increase my network and immediately make your own tools my own.&#8221;<\/i><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Participants always look at me in astonishment: &#8216;You, shy ?!&#8217; Yes. As a child I discovered that you could capture attention while stage playing, and I liked that. But I mostly acted like\u00a0I was not shy. 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