I woke up early with Mr. Soon-to-Be. He had an early flight and I went on to the Sandy Springs/Perimeter Chamber of Commerce Networking Breakfast. I even got to hear the Mayor of Sandy Springs speak. Here's a link to their site if you're interested:
Then, I met with a contact I made at a networking event last week and I set up to go to another tomorrow morning. Not too bad! I really like talking to people and meeting new people, so these types of things are great for me.
I'll admit, it's not always easy. I was pretty scared this morning. There were a lot of people at this event, way more than the one I went to last week. But I talked to a couple of people and asked some questions. I didn't leave until I felt like I'd walked through at least some of the fear.
Fear is a strange thing all by itself. I've heard all kinds of cute phrases about it:
Fear is normal.
Walk through your fear.
The only way out of fear is through it.
The point is, it's all super cute until you're standing in a room full of strangers where everyone is talking to someone else and you're holding onto that coffee cup like it's gold, hoping that someone will talk to you before you're forced to talk to them. I saw a couple of other people who looked more afraid than I was, but as the minutes passed I think the fear got the best of me.
I could have talked to more people today. I could have made more connections. I could have smiled at more people. I could have walked through more fear.
I think there are just days where that is more difficult than others. I'm not sure why, but it is. So tomorrow I'll walk through the fear that got me today and I'll let you know how it went.
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