How to Become More Confident in Network Marketing

Have you ever looked at those women who are so confident and thought, how do they do it?

Do they have no fears or insecurities? It seems like everything comes easy for them.

I was so insecure when I started my business. I doubted myself and worried what everyone would think. Fear was holding me back. I kept my business “my dirty little secret” because I was afraid of being judged. 

I was scared to approach people and talk to them confidently about my network marketing business. These people already had friends. I was sure they didn’t want to add me to the list. I doubted myself in every scenario.

A Shift in My Perspective

But my thoughts changed after a conversation with an old friend. We hadn’t seen each other in over 20 years. When we ran into each other, she asked how my business was going. Apparently, she’d seen the one social media post I put up about it!

Maybe it was because she was practically a stranger after all these years, but rather than the typical “fine” response, I opened up.

I told her it really wasn’t going well. I told her how afraid I was of what people would think—afraid of judgment and scared to talk to other women about what I was doing.

She looked at me like I had five heads and responded, “Allison, I would be afraid to approach YOU!  You’re so secure and confident. I find you intimidating.”

The Lightbulb Moment 

I realized in that instant that the people I have been so afraid to approach just might feel the same way about me. (Seriously?!?)

Here I was thinking that they don’t want to talk to me. But maybe they were thinking that I don’t want to talk to them. 

Have you ever considered that might be true for you?

At the end of the day, we all put our pants on the same. (By this, I obviously mean lying on our bed wriggling into to them, am I right?)

What if the person you are so afraid to approach is equally afraid to approach you?

Was I wrong all along?

What if the women you think are so confident just hide their insecurities better than you?

We are all people. We all crave connection. Just reach out and talk to someone! Just approach that person you’ve been avoiding! The absolute worst that can happen is that they don’t want to talk to you. And then it is their loss!

So, go connect with people. Build relationships. Make new friends.

Not because it will grow your business, but because it’s fun and feels good.

When you genuinely take an interest in others and enjoy the process of growing your network, your business will flourish.

P.S. Getting over my fear of what others would think was ONE of the things that helped me.

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