12 life-changing things I learned doing confidence drills in public

Me doing ‘goofy’ confidence drills in London years ago

In my mid-twenties, I had tons of social anxiety.

I was totally fed up. So I created my own desensitisation program, which meant speaking to hundreds of strangers in the streets.

I set myself various drills like asking for directions, complimenting people, taking selfies with people, etc.

I approached p…