10 . Are you really boring? Or is it just in your head? The first crucial step, which you absolutely mustn’t skip, is to question this idea that you are boring, check it rationally (理性地), and try to determine if indeed it’s true.
You see, of all the people I’ve coached over the last 7+ years who believed they’re boring, getting to know them and their conversation style, for well over half of them I’ve concluded that this belief was just in their head. It was a false, limiting belief; and they came to see that too. So, statistically, there is at least a 50% chance that you’re not really boring. Think about this, very seriously.
If indeed you discover that the idea you’re boring is mostly a limiting belief, then it’s important to begin ignoring it and change your behavior accordingly. Try to open up, talk to people more and be more social, reminding yourself it’s okay to do so.
More important thought is to understand that the limiting belief you’re boring reflects a lack of confidence, and work on fixing this deeper issue. Only by learning to believe in yourself and gaining self-confidence will you be able to fully and permanently dismiss the perception that you are boring.
Now, confidence building is no invaluable process. It involves certain steps and actions, which if done correctly, lead to visible progress at a rapid pace. I lack the space here to go deeper into this topic, but I have created a special presentation in which I discuss it in detail.
Go here to watch the presentation and learn my step-by-step process for improving yourself-confidence and social confidence, which has been used successfully by hundreds of people before you. And make sure you watch it all the way.
1. Why does the author ask two questions in the first paragraph?
| A．To criticize the phenomenon. | B．To introduce the topic interestingly. |
| C．To ask readers to answer them. | D．To show the author’s questions. |
2. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?
| A．When we feel boring, then we are really boring. |
| B．The belief that we are boring just doesn’t exist. |
| C．Over a half people who are boring are not really boring |
| D．The statistics show that people actually don’t feel boring. |
3. Why do we hold the limiting belief that we are boring?
| A．Because we have plenty of time and have nothing else to do. |
| B．Because we lack confidence and deeper work on the issue. |
| C．Because we don’t work on fixing this deeper issue. |
| D．Because we should dismiss the perception of being boring. |
4. What is the presentation mentioned in the last paragraph about?
| A．Certain steps and actions to improve one’s self and social confidence. |
| B．Some step-by-step process to lead to quick progress in learning. |
| C．Some step-by-step process to lead to success in the future. |
| D．Tips to help bored people to relieve their stress in lack of confidence. |
