Personal & Spiritual Development

Yesterday I went to a women’s networking event to assist my husband with building his business.  My husband is trying to build the easiest accounting application online for small businesses ever!~ But, while he is building this application, we need to know what small business owners are looking for in their book keeping software and whether or not they will actually buy this service.  My role is to go to networking events and collect business cards of people who are small business owners and actually CALL them to ask them a few questions.

There is only one problem…I AM SCARED SHITLESS TO CALL THESE PEOPLE!!

This has been a problem of mine for a long time.  I know calling people is a good idea but when it comes time to actually CALL people, I find that I have a very hard time picking up the phone and dialing those numbers.  Sometimes I get as far as dialing those numbers but would hang up as soon as it rings.  Sometimes I would allow the phone to ring and actually hoping that they are not there so I don’t have to feel rejected if they didn’t want to talk to me.  I was overwhelmed by the possibility of rejection.  Does anyone out there feel the same way?

The topic of discussion for the networking event last night was strangely fitting for my current dilemma.  It was a presentation about “How we process our experiences based on a Neuro-linguistic Programming Model of Communication” by Lynn Robinson with the Robinson Group.  Lynn’s presentation spoke about the power for our subconscious mind and our values.  She reminded me that I am the creator of my reality and the creator of all my “fears”.  It was pointed out during the presentation that one cannot possibly do business with someone they do not like or trust because if a person is doing business with someone she does not trust, she will give off “bad vibes” as a part of her “expressive communication”. 

How does this relate to my Call Reluctance?  Well, I believe before I even made those calls, I have already assumed that I am going to be embarrassing myself and having a bad time being rejected.  I assume no one will want to speak to me and I can better protect my own dignity by NOT calling them.  No wonder I am having call reluctance!  I am creating it this very moment!

Right now, I am staring at a pile of 8 business cards – from women who were so kind to pass them to me to HELP me because I was asking for their help and 5 minutes of their time on the phone.  Therefore, I think this is a good time to set an intention for myself. 

I intend to call all 8 of these women who were so kind to pass me their business cards to help me.  I have a strong desire to reach them on the phone and have a 5 minute discussion with them regarding their book keeping practices.  I intend to have a great experience calling these women and I feel great about myself.

Now that the intention is set, I am going to make those phone calls!!

This intention has been manifested! Please refer to: Intention Manifested!