Not directly related to shyness but I think this video might possibly help: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_su

Not directly related to shyness but I think this video might possibly help: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success.html http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_g... I think it's important to remember that most people are insecure in some way, it's just that different people show it differently. So maybe the loud extroverted guy is really scared to. Good luck with stuff, work on it and you will improve. This is not something you're stuck with, it's just a hard work to sort it out.