{"id":315,"date":"2013-12-12T21:21:03","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T21:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wanderlustadventurer.wordpress.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2013-12-12T21:21:03","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T21:21:03","slug":"true-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journeyvia.com\/?p=315","title":{"rendered":"True confession"},"content":{"rendered":"

My irrational fear: talking on phones. Yes, I have trouble communicating by phone and avoid it as much as possible. Can’t understand why? Congratulations. That must be nice for you. For me, phones take away most of what I rely on to gauge people: facial expressions and body language. Couple that with difficulty timing comments and phones are a nightmare. <\/p>\n

So when I was asked to be available for a phone conversation, I was hesitant. But, this client is 10 times my usual and willing to pay for the work, and I couldn’t turn that down. And the last time I missed a call I lost most of my shot at designing a standup surf board. And so I reluctantly scheduled a call for 3AM. Yes, that’s the 3 when normal people sleep. <\/p>\n

But I was nervous. I’d just read Ramit Sethi’s post<\/a> on barriers being good in that they filter out the others competing for what you want. But this call looked like it could filter me out. <\/p>\n

I woke at 3:00 and told myself repeatedly that I wanted this job and could deliver. When I hadn’t heard from the client by 3:25, I chocked it up to experience, felt glad about not having to speak on the phone, wrote a message to reschedule and went back to bed. <\/p>\n

Getting a call ten minutes later was not a thrilling surprise. I told myself I didn’t want to work with inconsiderate clients, that if they can’t keep a schedule I would pass, that I could afford to let them go because I’d already met my ramen profitability for the month. I silenced the phone and went to bed.<\/p>\n

And felt like a coward. I really just was afraid of failing, being rejected, sounding stupid. Knowing that, I picked up when it rang again, and looked for pants to buckle on after I answered and discovered I was having a business conversation completely naked.<\/p>\n

The chat was surprisingly pleasant. Most exciting was them telling me that they liked my proposal best, and would go with me as long as I hit the same ballpark as the competitors. They wanted me for the job.<\/p>\n

They want me for the job. A $3,000 project, and they want me to do it. I haven’t landed it yet, but things look good. <\/p>\n

I’m too excited to sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My irrational fear: talking on phones. Yes, I have trouble communicating by phone and avoid it as much as possible. Can’t understand why? Congratulations. That must be nice for you. For me, phones take away most of what I rely on to gauge people: facial expressions and body language. Couple that with difficulty timing comments … <\/p>\n

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