Mark Metry shares what a shy kid does to get over his crippling social anxiety, and how that leads to hosting one of the top podcasts in the world. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Mark Metry – Podcaster, Author, Social Anxiety Slayer.
Timestamps:
2:49 – “I used to never do small talk but now I do it for fun.”
9:49 – “I spent a lot of time as a kid training my brain to not be in the present moment.”
13:49 – “I always tell people that you have the choice in that single moment to choose to be Human 1.0 or Human 2.0.”
22:44 – “The most damaged people are also the most wisest people.”
24:00 – “Social anxiety is not a random thing that happens.”
33:25 – “I would either wet my bed or not go to sleep.”
38:29 – “I started to realize that all the thoughts in my head that were always telling me that I suck and that I was terrible, actually these thoughts were not from me.”
45:39 – “What I’ve learned is that the one thing you think is your weakness, the one thing you need to hide from the world,… that’s the one thing that you need to share in order to become your real self.”
54:50 – Success doesn’t equal happiness.
Links:
https://www.markmetry.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry
https://www.instagram.com/markmetry
https://twitter.com/markymetry
Mark Metry is the bestselling author of Screw Being Shy, Learn how to manage social anxiety and be yourself in front of anyone. Mark is also the host of the Global Top 100 podcast called Humans 2.0 featured by Forbes, NASDAQ, and Yahoo Finance as the “Top 21 Growing Podcasts you must listen to in 2019.” Mark is an MC (emcee) and TEDx Keynote speaker delivering mind-blowing talks centered around human potential, mindset, social anxiety, mental health, transformation, and using podcasting / marketing to grow awareness & business and has spoken alongside Olympian gold medalists to Fortune 500 executives and has even hosted an event next to James Altucher.
Washington Post Best Selling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker, Laura Gassner Otting, inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo because her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief. She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares listeners to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges. She leads them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.
