A short YouTube talk by Dr. Aziz introducing a simple, immediate technique to neutralize feelings of insecurity. He frames insecurity as observing oneself as undesirable or less-than in social situations and begins to pivot toward a focus-shift (the speaker asks who you are focused on: ‘me’).
To share a quick hack that you can use immediately to neutralize insecurity, to free yourself of that feeling of they're not going to like me. They're not going to want to accept me. I'm not going to be okay like I am. They're better than me. That's kind of the flavor of insecurity. When you go into a room or you're in a situation where you feel insecure, you are generally observing yourself as undesirable, unwanted, and less than that. People are going to look down on you or somehow have an aversion to you. And here is a simple hack. When you're going into that mindset, who are you focused on? Me. Right?
