http://www.lifeoptions.us/blog/2010/04/15/confessing-old-fears/ Relationship Counseling and Coaching Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.lifeoptions.us/blog/2010/04/15/confessing-old-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Karrie Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:33:32 +0000 http://www.lifeoptions.us/blog/?p=111#comment-513 Amy, I experienced something similar. When I was in my 20s I was hired to do business development for a construction management consulting company. The woman who hired me like to hire inexperienced people and "groom" them to a position. Her heart was in the right place, but more often than not, it didn't work out. Going to the meetings and cocktail hours and trying to ingrain myself into a group of people (mostly older men), trying to make deals did not bring me out of my shell. It had the opposite effect and for many years I had crowd anxiety. One of the things that really helped me out was Susan Jeffers book "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway." That book and lots of coaching like you do brought me to a place where I know myself better--both strengths and weaknesses. If I had that job today, 10 years later, I would rock it. But, you live and learn and learn not to fear. Amy, I experienced something similar. When I was in my 20s I was hired to do business development for a construction management consulting company. The woman who hired me like to hire inexperienced people and “groom” them to a position. Her heart was in the right place, but more often than not, it didn’t work out. Going to the meetings and cocktail hours and trying to ingrain myself into a group of people (mostly older men), trying to make deals did not bring me out of my shell. It had the opposite effect and for many years I had crowd anxiety. One of the things that really helped me out was Susan Jeffers book “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway.” That book and lots of coaching like you do brought me to a place where I know myself better–both strengths and weaknesses. If I had that job today, 10 years later, I would rock it. But, you live and learn and learn not to fear.

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