In this episode I want to talk about shyness, confidence, and how performance can change your life.

Get ready to get up on stage because you are now listening to tiny leaps big change. You got to win me. You got to win, I know your name.

You gotta feel me, I know your name. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leats, big changes, where I share simple strategies you can use to get more out of your life.

My name is Greg Clunice and back when I was young, back in middle school, back in middle school back in high school I was a pretty shy kid now I don't

really know why I always had trouble getting into the conversation and being open and being talkative with people.

I was one of those kids that always felt like everyone was out to get them.

And I did talk about this in a past episode, but there's something

that I did that allowed me to push past that. And it's something that I do to this day. And that is that I started to perform. And here's what I mean by that. In high school, when I realized that this was going to be a problem I decided to join musical theater

now musical theater obviously requires you to get up on stage requires you to sing in

from in front of an audience requires you to do x y Y, Z. I even had to do a tap dance at some point.

So it forced me out of that shell. It forced me into a place where I could be open with groups of people

because it wasn't so scary anymore.

And that has done so much for my life.

It's done amazing things.

I mean, I think now I'm an okay conversationalist I think that when I meet

somebody I can usually have a pretty good conversation with them I I think that I'm a

good listener I think that I can also be a good talker

but I think all of that comes from this period in my life when I put myself into

this situation because I don't believe that I would be where I am now

had I not done that. And so I was thinking about this the other day as I'm

putting together a talk for the Tiny Leaps Meet Up group here in New York City

on how to conquer your shyness. And I was thinking about this experience and I realize you know

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