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Part I  Choose Your Limitations
Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
You may feel uncomfortable going to your first business
event—like a total outsider. You are not the only person in
the room who feels this way. Don’t flee. Make yourself
stay. Be consistent and show up at the same type of meet-
ing on a regular basis. Just by showing up, you begin to
weave yourself int o the fabric of the community you want
to be a part of.

If you know there’s someone in the room you abso-
lutely need to talk to but you haven’t met, you can be
freaked out or joyful. It’s always a choice. If you have an
intention to walk into the room and a practice to keep you
grounded (like a mantra), you will be okay in the moment.
Throw your shoulders back and say “I am the Queen of
England” to yourself before you walk into the room. It
works not only by giving you strength and focus to fulfill
your agenda (e.g., meeting that essential person) but also
by lightening things up.

Now try a different approach. Walk into the room
with no agenda and know that you are interesting (enough)
and that something you say will connect with another

“How about we just curl up inside and watch a movie?”

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