don’t think of it as such a big deal. it’s just a series of small steps, k?
so, tomorrow (or right now) instead of thinking about the whole big staircase, just think about each simple little step… and only 1 step at a time. It’s just like going to the store, you don’t have to see the whole path.. you just drive/walk down one street at a time and eventually your goal manifests itself. so..
Step 1: Pick up the phone. (easy as hell! think of nothing more.)
in fact, you may as well stop reading right now actually. when you’ve got the phone in hand then you can come read step 2. and so on and so on..
Step 2 is just thinking of a friend’s name and number. (that’s all)
Step 3 is simply dialing that number, one key at time.
Step 4 is reading this line: “Hey friends name. You’ve been a wonderful friend to me. I would be honored if you could make some time this week to grab a bite with me. I’ve come to realize that I simply haven’t had enough practice eating in public to date! While most others have had maybe 10 – 20 public eating sessions per month, i have been having maybe less than 1 per month! strange huh? So, you see, I want to increase the number of public eatings that I do per week. Can you help me? What day is good for you?”
Step 5: Is hearing them agree to it! Maybe you can even agree to simply eating at their house for starters.
So on and so on.. one step at a time.. you only ever have one thing to do. :)
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and yes, you really can just read that out. you can write your own if you want, but why procrastinate? you can even tell them that you’re reading it. nothing matters, people just feel honored to be asked to be helpful!