I Felt Like a Scared Little Girl

Do You Know Fear?

I thought I did until that day. It felt like a giant hand gripped my body, and I couldn't move. Not voluntarily, anyway . . . my hands shook like I was freezing, but this was July. Let me explain.

I was a soldier in basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. This particular day our Company Commander ordered us to climb a 60 foot platform, then repel down the other side. It looked like something you'd see on TV. It looked fun. And then the darker side . . .

The rungs on this platform consisted of 4 by 4's, about 5 feet apart. All the other soldiers flew up it like squirrels in trees. I made it to the second rung, and that's when it happened.

I reached for the third rung, but something in my gut pulled my arm back. More soldiers raced by me. I reached up again, but my arm trembled. Drill Sergeants stood directly below me. What was I to do?

I tried a third time, but found myself clinging to the rung like a scared little boy clinging to his mother's leg. I couldn't move.

A Drill Sergeant yelled and asked me if I was scared. At first, I couldn't say anything. Then I managed, "Yes, Drill Sergeant!"

He told me to climb down. Surprisingly, I was able to do so. He didn't yell anymore when I reached the ground, just told me to go stand in formation. I later learned that the scared ones are usually the ones who fall.

I didn't feel that degree of fear again until I tried phone prospecting. I remember making up excuses for not being able to make calls that evening. That fear literally paralyzed me.

I was able, however, to work through my fear of the phone. I wanted network marketing success so bad, I would have walked through fire if my upline told me it would help me build a downline. Little did I know . . .

Thank God I learned a system that lets me do all my marketing online. No scripts, no getting psyched to make calls, no handling objections. Just place ads and count the autoresponders. This is a dream.