Or are you a boring perfectionist?
Dear Authentic Introvert,
We often get anxious whenever we have to respond to a situation impromptu.
We are so used to being prepared for everything that any opportunity to act spontaneously feels like a crisis to our overly defensive brain.
But why?
It’s because we have trained ourselves to follow a pattern of making the best choice in every situation.
We tend to over analyze, over think and over prepare for even the petty things.
Therefore, when we have to respond out of turn, our normal response is anxiety because there is no time to prepare and choose the best response.
Sadly, our education and then our work culture have trained us to lose our spontaneity.
But what if we aim for the mistakes?
Yes, you read that right.
If we deliberately make mistakes and train our brain to be okay with it, we will act more relaxed.
And learn to treat an unexpected opportunity like an opportunity and not a crisis.
Here’s a fun exercise for you to practice making mistakes (it’s harmless, I promise):
Whenever you take a break, look at the things around you and call each one by the wrong name.
You can call your chair a horse or your laptop a pizza – it’s your call.
However, what you cannot do is follow a pattern or logic to assign the wrong names.
For instance, you can’t call your chair a horse because you can sit on both.
Or you can’t use all names that start with the letter “B” or names that rhyme or the ones that belong to the same category (like naming everything after fruits).
It has to be random. No pattern.
Practice this every now and then, and you should feel more relaxed about breaking patterns and the more you do it, the more spontaneous your reactions will be.
Key Takeaway:
Practice making mistakes to be okay with it and be more spontaneous.
yOrs TRooli,
Sachin Sharma 😉
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