Attention Introverts: What Can You Do About Insecurity Right Now?

Let’s face it, in a complex, competitive, and often chaotic world, everyone wants to be self-confident.

We are flooded daily with stories of people going from rags to riches merely because they had the courage and self-confidence to take a risk.

Comedian David Letterman’s traveling from Indiana to California in a rickety truck to become a successful entertainer is what great dreams are made of.

Letterman once said that his truck story only makes sense if you achieve the success you sought. Otherwise, it sounds ridiculous.

And indeed, for every imitator who follows Letterman’s lead, most will return to their humble beginnings on a Greyhound bus.

So, what separates the bold and the brash from the insecure and the intimidated?

As an introverted motivational speaker in the 1990s, I can tell you that the things that have always saved me were the fear of failure.

Because I have an extremely black and white personality, scheduling a book signing at a local Barnes and Noble and giving a small talk was my way of ridding myself of the feeling of failure.

If I sold one book that day, I felt like success was just around the corner.

After all, if Tony Robbins and Les Brown could do it, indeed I could.

At least, that is what I told myself.

I have learned that the “Bogeyman” in life is a motivator.

However, this isn’t what I wished for.

Despite all the experts recommending embracing fear, therapy, and medication, one factor isn’t addressed enough.

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