Shyness is natural part of the maturing process according to national health researchers at the National Institute for Mental Health. For some young people in today’s technology driven culture shyness has turned into a potential phobia that may be increased with ever increasing presence of social media. Being too shy or being too outgoing may create future behavior challenges from anxiety to conduct disorders.
To cure this shyness some health professionals believe in medication, yet there are non-prescriptions solutions specifically developing the necessary self leadership skills to respond to social and even economic pressures.
For example in ongoing Gallup polls, speaking in public is the second greatest fear shared by most Americans with the fear of snakes being number one. Just imagine what would happen if we developed young people to speak in public without fear as part of the leadership skills education. Would this not reduce anxiety disorders in many future citizens and not too mention provide us authentic future leaders?
Being overly shy and having low self esteem are related as noted by many research reports such as those published through the American Psychological Association. For shyness is about self concept and self concept is an integral part of self esteem.
Imagine what would happen if young people learned specific leadership skills that would improve their self esteem and thus potentially reduce their shyness? Since self esteem is about the internal beliefs one has about oneself, then by expanding one’s capabilities and developing the fortitude to take action no matter what happens would make sense.