If you’re not used to being seen, it can be scary.

• Maybe you're introverted.

• Maybe you've always just been a little shy.

• Maybe you've had trouble developing a positive self-image.

Being seen can cause an involuntary reaction, physiological as it is mental and emotional. You can start to question yourself.

Being yourself in front of other people - the you you want to be specifically - forces you to see yourself in a different way.

It takes a process to get there. That process is not always easy nor comfortable.

But you won’t achieve the things you want to - the things you’re meant to - if you’re not being seen.

When you’re creating something meant to help others, something meant to make a difference, you're going to need to get comfortable getting seen.

The only way through it is through it. If people don’t see it, you won't have the impact.

This might be why public speaking practice is so universally lauded by so many highly successful people. And often recommended as the first skill to develop. Perhaps the skills you build in the practice of public speaking seep out into various other areas in life.

And I bet it has to do with getting comfortable with being seen.