Came here to say the same thing. It's one thing to read a book, it's quite another to handle objections on the fly with an argumentative customer standing in front of you.
I had a buddy who was terrified to do presentations and was very socially awkward. He finally decided in order to overcome these issues, he started a side company and created a small app that he wanted to sell. He literally forced himself to cold call people in order to get more comfortable interacting with clients. Then he would try and set up meetings where he would have to present his idea to the clients.
It was a very elaborate way for him to overcome his fears and get comfortable being in front of people and selling people on his product. It wasn't easy, but the one thing he had going for him was determination to do it in order to learn some very valuable skills.
I had a buddy who was terrified to do presentations and was very socially awkward. He finally decided in order to overcome these issues, he started a side company and created a small app that he wanted to sell. He literally forced himself to cold call people in order to get more comfortable interacting with clients. Then he would try and set up meetings where he would have to present his idea to the clients.
It was a very elaborate way for him to overcome his fears and get comfortable being in front of people and selling people on his product. It wasn't easy, but the one thing he had going for him was determination to do it in order to learn some very valuable skills.