Fear- Talking on the Phone

The first one on the bottom of my staicase is talking on the phone. I find any opportunity possible to avoid taking or making a phone calls. Feel that this comes down to the point that I feel the pressure to give the person on the other side an immediate answer. There is also an element of the unknown as you don’t know what the other person is going to say. There is no time for you to think over your reply as the person on the other line is expecting a immediate reply.

Thanks to my work I’m feeling more comfortable picking up the phone as I have learnt that it is okay to not know the answer. All you have to do is inform the other person that you don’t know but when you do you will let them know. It’s that simple, but I made it much more complicated. I created their expectation in my head and felt the pressure to follow through, if not I felt that I would let them down or make them mad. However, they were okay without an immediate answer as long as they got a reply.

This could also work with making phone call, you don’t have to have a script in your head. Its okay to say the wrong thing or not follow what it said. Just take a moment to remove any expectations and just allow the conversation to follow naturally.

I took the step, have been answering calls and made some calls of my own e.g. food orders. It wasn’t as bad as my fear made it feel like. Let’s goo