Think about yourself as a child. What personality traits that you have now were already apparent as a child? As a child I was very shy. My younger sister always made the first move towards friending someone new in the neighbourhood or school. Once I was comfortable with a new person, I would lose my shyness. I am still like that today but I try to be the person who holds out her hand and says "Hi, I'm . . . " Sometimes I can't make myself do that but most of the time I can now.