Timidity, How to Overcome It

The purpose of this book is explained by its title - "Timidity: How to Overcome It." It has been crystallized in the maxim, "Let us not close the door of Life to any human being by refusing him its key - the recognition of his worth." The reader is told at the outset that Timidity is a mistaken virtue; a weakness that leads to the mistrust of self and which causes fear of riducle. Timidity is a disease which affects the mind. In is the aim of this Japanese philosopher to teach the reader how to check the growth of this disease and finally to eradicate it. The timid man is not qualified to hold important office; he lacks the nerve that would shoulder responsibility, and is happy only when the necessity for taking the initiative passes him by. Yoritomo-Tashi compares Timidity with over-confidence and daring, and, considering it in its many phases, demonstrates how it may prove an enemy to progress and business success, for it destroys confidence in self, leads to hesitancy in speech and manner, and causes that despondency which breaks the spirit and finally yields to despair.