How to get over shyness

Small tips to fight shyness. A tutorial would need more step by step. But that's maybe just me thinking about perfection :Sadkek:

Sometimes simple words work better than those step by step guides. 
I'm a very shy person but lately I have learnt to laugh at my blunders and embarrassing incidents. My friend often brings up my cringey past and we both just laugh out loud. It helps. But still a long way to work on my self-esteem. Baby steps.