I find talking on the phone to complete strangers much easier than talking to people I already know. I have no idea why. The simple thought that you were brave enough to go to your boss and tell her about your calling problem just blows me away. I would get an instant ulcer trying to drum up that much confidence!
Thank goodness you have her, and that she's so understanding. I'll bet you'll be ten times as good at whatever she's changing you to, and whomever had that particular work detail probably was suffering as much as you were trying to do their part of it. It's so amazing that a group of people can put together their strengths and weaknesses and come out with so much better stuff working together than they could working on their own!
This alone has got to make life so much better for you right now. YAY!
Dude, it was like being asked to leave the building, but the only way down was to jump off the top because there weren't any stairs. You need to start with tiny baby steps with that phone calling stuff, like having a written "speech" that you could go by and calling people you've already met and like.
I'm so danged proud of you (!) for having the guts to go ask for help like you did. That's not failure. That's COURAGE.
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Date: 2010-03-11 06:23 am (UTC)I find talking on the phone to complete strangers much easier than talking to people I already know. I have no idea why. The simple thought that you were brave enough to go to your boss and tell her about your calling problem just blows me away. I would get an instant ulcer trying to drum up that much confidence!
Thank goodness you have her, and that she's so understanding. I'll bet you'll be ten times as good at whatever she's changing you to, and whomever had that particular work detail probably was suffering as much as you were trying to do their part of it. It's so amazing that a group of people can put together their strengths and weaknesses and come out with so much better stuff working together than they could working on their own!
This alone has got to make life so much better for you right now. YAY!
Dude, it was like being asked to leave the building, but the only way down was to jump off the top because there weren't any stairs. You need to start with tiny baby steps with that phone calling stuff, like having a written "speech" that you could go by and calling people you've already met and like.
I'm so danged proud of you (!) for having the guts to go ask for help like you did. That's not failure. That's COURAGE.
*HUGS*