28 year old male, confidence isn’t terrible but definitely needs improvement, introverted so it feels very draining to have conversations at times. I’ve watched a good chunk of videos (Fearless Man, The Single Guy, Based Zeus, Alpha Mae Strategies, Dave Perotta mainly) but I think I’d learn better from a book that has concrete action steps to work on improving dating skills or just confidence in general (or both). I feel like I understand a lot in theory, but I just struggle with implementing it or focusing on just one thing at a time. Also struggle with rejection and thus that fear is in my head when I approach; I intellectually KNOW not to care, but my emotional mind likes to play dumb and acts like it’s helpful to shame myself about it.

Any book recommendations? Can also recommend book X for dating and book Y for confidence if you would recommend that more.