How do you overcome shyness?

like a girl asked me because she was shy for her date . First of all you need to be confident even if you're not. Confidence is key. Secondly, smile a lot! If you look away while he is talking, then he will think that you are not interested in him. Tell him your shy. Say something like "I just want to let you know that I am really shy, so if I come off as boring or not talkative then thats why." Tell him your interested in him. Just come out and tell him yoiu had a good time hanging out and you would like to do it more often. Good Luck!

just bother about what YOU think about what you do, NOT what OTHERS think......

I was always extremely shy and now am shy near so much . The only reason I have come to feel that I overcame this was from the job I am working at where you hear people tell you off all the time ( I work in market research ) and at some point you begin to realize that you just don't care what others think about you anymore . I am not sure what it was exactly that made me see this and although I am still shy , I am no where near what I was because when I was in school I was so shy , I wouldn't even talk to half my classmates , and now if I was to meet them it wouldn't phase me a bit . Hope this helps .

i used to be a shy girl years back..but i come to think that nothing will happens to me, so i started to participite activities at school, join some seminars and sharing, by the time when i graduated from college my work requires talking and entertaining people thats why time comes i have overcome my shyness..

Try to imitate your body lanaguage and tones of your idol , stand in front of the mirror, and then try to read something out or create a speech, imagine you are talking in front of many people, speak up loudly and talk like your idol, sfter you get more practice, you can be as charming as your idol and not be shy anymore.