I am sitting at home, trying to gather the incentive to work. My daughter is not here today, as it is her time with her father, and that opens the whole day for me to get on the phone and call everyone I don't call when she is home. Yet here I am, on my computer.
To be completely fair, I did do some work on my computer, or work related things at the very least. This will not, however, generate the same type of results as actually calling people and speaking directly to them. I offer great service, have a strong product, and a list of people and groups who would very likely be exited to hear from me, and even more excited to hear what offers I have for them. But calling people is hard. It is the hardest part of my business.
To be completely fair, I did do some work on my computer, or work related things at the very least. This will not, however, generate the same type of results as actually calling people and speaking directly to them. I offer great service, have a strong product, and a list of people and groups who would very likely be exited to hear from me, and even more excited to hear what offers I have for them. But calling people is hard. It is the hardest part of my business.
You see, I am a consultant for Discovery Toys. I provide amazing toys that help children learn to play, and learn through play. I believe in my product. It has been well received, and I'm happy to know that so many people love the product. Then why can't I call them?
Well, you can be rejected on the phone. There is an actual person on the other end. If I hide behind an email address, then I'm not a real person. I am an email address. They can delete it even before they read it, and I will never know, so my feeling won't be hurt. If I call them they could be rude, angry, annoyed, hang up on me, or reject me in other ways. This I will know, and maybe my feelings will be hurt. However, this is part of what I do.
So, even when all other roadblocks are removed, it is possible to create your own. A success is not measured by how much you get done when you want too, but how much you get done when you don't want too.
It is also possible, in this technology based time, to hide behind it. This will not make me a stronger person, a better person, or more successful. It is time to turn off the technology, and pick up the simple device we call a phone, and make contact with an actual person, not an email address.