Here are some tactics that I find useful when I’m deep in the Moat:

Attempt the basic move of mindfulness meditation: get curious about the tingling feeling of embarrassment in the body, rather than your mental stories about it or reactions to it. See if you can welcome it. Curiosity inverts resistance.

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Imagine the advantage you’ll have over all the people who let shame slow them down.

llllleeeeeemmmmeetellya , when you put yourself out there, and just allow yourself to be fucking embarrassing, broadcasting your whole learning curve to the world, nothing can bother you anymore BECAUSE ITS NO LONGER EMBARRASSING.

We have normalized not trying anything new for the risk of looking bad and we wonder why nothing feels new anymore.... See more