S2E16 Mark Metry - From Suicidal Tendencies to Human 2.0

What does a shy kid do to get over his crippling social anxiety, and how does that lead to hosting one of the top podcasts in the world?

Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Mark Metry - Podcaster, Author, Social Anxiety Slayer.

Timestamps:
2:49​ - "I used to never do small talk but now I do it for fun."
9:49​ - "I spent a lot of time as a kid training my brain to not be in the present moment."
13:49​ - "I always tell people that you have the choice in that single moment to choose to be Human 1.0 or Human 2.0."
22:44​ - "The most damaged people are also the most wisest people."
24:00​ - "Social anxiety is not a random thing that happens."
33:25​ - "I would either wet my bed or not go to sleep."
38:29​ - "I started to realize that all the thoughts in my head that were always telling me that I suck and that I was terrible, actually these thoughts were not from me."
45:39​ - "What I've learned is that the one thing you think is your weakness, the one thing you need to hide from the world,... that's the one thing that you need to share in order to become your real self."
54:50​ - Success doesn't equal happiness.

Links:
https://www.markmetry.com​
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-metry​
https://www.instagram.com/markmetry​
https://twitter.com/markymetry