[Part 2/3] Taking Control Over Your Confidence
When Does Your Confidence Take Control?
Have you ever phoned a restaurant to order a delivery?
Of course.
Hasn’t everybody?
But, have you ordered a delivery BY PHONE in English?
For about 2 years after moving to Mexico
I had an irrational FEAR of phone calls.
Honestly (and embarrassingly)
The anxiety I felt when thinking about making a phone call was so bad.
Instead of ordering delivery from my favorite pizza restaurant…
> I ordered pizza from Dominos because I could order online.
Although this is a funny and not-very-serious example.
The truth is that I wanted the pizza from my favorite restaurant.
A woodfire, thin crust pizza with gourmet ingredients
BUT because of my fear of phone calls (yep low-confidence)
I chose to order a pizza that I didn’t really want because it was easier.
Fear and anxiety speaking in English is real.
Today, I’ll be sharing a more serious situation that I faced.
One that had a very expensive consequence IF I didn’t face my fear.
- Listen to Part 1 of this Podcast here: The Broken Connection Between Listening and Speaking
Interview with Amara about Confidence
Hear about Amara’s struggle with confidence and the exact steps she took to overcome this huge problem in less than one month!
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I could not understand native speaker clients for my job and it was embarrassing. My teacher helped me to improve my listening very quickly. Now I feel confident to speak up in meetings and make phone calls.
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From Hong Kong
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