Practicing discomfort, such as laying on the floor in public or asking for a discount arbitrarily, helps reduce the fear of negative consequences and social judgment.

“So something like laying down, asking for a free coffee or asking for a discount is really just rehearsal for the things that happen outside of your control or the more important conversations so that you have a certain level of calmness and have repeatedly had the realization that the worst case scenario you're imagining is almost never that bad.”