Like with most skills, one becomes confident with practice.

I’m a natural introvert and an only child and therefore has little practice of taking to others. I had no idea of how important small talk is. I learned by working in a bar, where social interaction can’t really be dodged and found out that social interaction isn’t that daunting as it seemed to me.

It still not my biggest hobby yet I’m not longer afraid of social interaction like I used to be.