You can learn anything...

Neil Strauss from geek to god. Neil decided that he had enough of being a quiet, shy, stay at home individual. Since then he's written numerous best selling books, had a tv show and hangs out with rock stars and celebrities. How? He decided something had to change and then acted on that decision.

What can you learn? Could I teach you Russian? If we sat down for an afternoon would you learn a few words? What if I told you how to jump start a car? Yup, you could learn that too. Hmmm... what else could you learn? Could you learn how to meet new people? shake hands properly? what about learn how to perform well in a job interview? sell a car? ride a bike? make egg rolls? dance?

Here's the magic secret, you can learn how to do anything and then you can learn to do anything better and better and better.

You can learn to be a better friend, better in relationships, better in bed, and overall better in life. Here's the strange part, we learn very little about these things, maybe the friendship stuff we learn in the first 3-8 years of life, we learn about relationships until we are late in our teens, then we have our views intact that will serve us for the rest of our lives.

Most people treat the way they communicate with others, they way they treat their family, their friends, and themselves as if their behaviour was set in stone. I find this both odd and peculiar. When we were young and learning how to interact we learned from people around us, we were impressionable, what we saw shaped us. We can, as adults not only relearn but we can change completely, for the better.

"But I'm happy with who I am, I don't want to change." If you just thought this then please leave this website, you are clearly not of the mindset for this type of learning.

Still reading? Then you must not only be willing to change, but to want to change. It's that desire to change that we can use to fuel you for the rest of your life. Change is something that starts with small things and then gradually grows, building momentum. Change is about taking a belief tearing it down and replacing it with a new belief, let's do that today.

Your first Challenge:

Stop 3 random people today and introduce yourself

"Hi, I'm ________" put your hand out to shake hands, smile and look them in the eyes. Wait and see what happens.

A lot of you are saying "I can't do that" But we have to ask ourselves why does this thought come to mind? Because somewhere in your life you were told that you can't do that, no reason, no rules, no laws, just someone impressed this upon you. Let's void this belief and replace it with a new one.

Complete this challenge and then post up your results in the comments, tell us how it felt, what they did and what your beliefs were and now are. Do you still believe that you can't just introduce yourself to a random stranger?