Why Am I So Bad At Phone Calls?
Hello!
I'll be honest, I had no idea what I was going to write today until about 10 minutes ago. I'm feeling a bit under the weather today and just a bit lacking in motivation despite having a million things to do.
One of those things was to phone up my letting agency to pay my deposit on the flat. Normally, I rehearse exactly what I want to say when I have to phone someone new but this time I didn't. Inevitably, I lost all powers of speech and sounded painfully awkward. Luckily, after much "umming and ahing" I managed to tell them what I wanted. It's so frustrating because I know I would have been able to walk into the letting agents and speak to them perfectly normally, exercising as much of my vocabulary as I wanted. But as soon as a phone is involved, I can't speak.
I've always been the same, in fact, until relatively recently, I have actively avoided speaking on the phone because it just makes me anxious. However, I've decided to try and tackle this fear. As you probably know, I was elected social secretary for the Renaissance Singers and one of my jobs is booking a pub every week. Of course, I could go into the pub every week and book it face to face but I've decided I'm going to make myself phone them up. Hopefully, by the end of the year I won't sound so dreadful on the phone.
I would imagine I'm not alone in this particular fear but honestly guys, I think we've just got to practice phoning people. Phones aren't going to go away, a lot of jobs require you to phone people, and you can do it. If you don't feel quite ready to fight your fears yet, at least be happy in the knowledge that there is someone out there that's just as bad at phone calls as you! Don't let it ruin your life!
Lots of Love,
Sarah xxx
