Conquering Social Anxiety: The Courage to Reach Out

"I can control markets, and I can control thousands of employees. But I can't control myself."

This is what I heard when I received a call from a wealthy and powerful man in New York who owned one of the companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

He was profoundly unhappy because he'd struggled with extreme social anxiety ever since childhood and had spent his life hiding it out of shame. The only time he felt calm was when he was running a board meeting at his company, because there, he was powerful, in control, and knew exactly what to do. In every other setting, he felt insecure, anxious and miserable.

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