What do you do when no one signs up for your thing?

by Patty K on September 1, 2010

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I made a bold move. I stood up to fear and launched That One Damned Phone Call – my first product/service.

I had an amazing amount of support. Lots of enthusiastic tweets. Lots of “what a great idea!” feedback. Lots of visits to my sales page.

And no takers.

Oops. Now what? [click to continue…]

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When fear gets in the way of productivity

by Patty K on August 29, 2010

fearI have a tendency to put things off.

Important things. Like…oh…I don’t know. Making a living?

Not in the general sense of “I’m going to play today, screw working.”

More in the specific sense of not doing “the key things that need to be done in order to move this venture forward”  – and instead, spending lots of time on Twitter working on less important tasks.

And it’s not like I don’t know better. [click to continue…]

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Introversion and shyness are NOT the same thing!

August 21, 2010
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I’m not just an introvert. I’m also shy. I used to think that they were the same thing. But they’re not. I recorded a video to explain the difference. Why video? I started writing this as a post and I got bored stuck. I find it easier to “teach” something while talking and drawing diagrams [...]

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I survived a non-sucky networking event

August 15, 2010
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Last week, Joe and I attended a Biznik casual mixer. I wrote about preparing for the event here. This is what actually happened. On the morning of the event, I noticed that I wasn’t really feeling nervous. I took this as a good sign and as further evidence of my growing super powers. I also [...]

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Preparing for the dreaded networking event

August 9, 2010
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Mission one in my quest to scare myself is to attend networking events. Last week, Joe and I attended a Biznik casual gathering. In this post, I’m going to outline the things I did to mentally and emotionally prepare myself for the ordeal. In my next post, I’ll report on the results. (Hint: no one [...]

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A glimpse into life without social anxiety

August 4, 2010
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I really *hate it* when people say things like “freedom is just on the other side of fear.” They make it sound so damned easy. And it’s even more annoying to find out that they’re right. I experienced this freedom from fear the other night, after I gave my first ever paid motivational speaking presentation. [...]

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