Chapter 8

I hate phoning people

F – Fear

There are over 6.8 billion phones in the world so how can phoning people be a fear? And yet when I work with people on their success it never ceases to amaze me that when you discuss people’s plan of action, their way to achieve ultimate success, their way to get results, to get the deal signed they are going to send an email. An email!

Not arrange a meeting. Not pick up the phone and talk to them. Not pop in and see them. I know we live in a fast-paced world where everyone wants everything yesterday. I know we live in a world where we want proof we did our bit of the job, so here’s a paper trail as ...

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