I wrote a vulnerable piece on LinkedIn

Last week I wrote a vulnerable piece on LinkedIn.

I chose to write it and stand by it.

Then yesterday I had a Zoom call that did a number on me. Actually it was JUST BEFORE the call… I realized it WASN’T with a potential client but more likely someone selling something. A sales call in disguise as something else.

This was my fear - that after that post someone would come into my world and ask me to open up more - ask me to talk about what I do and where/how it might be more profitable. Then they’d make an offer.

It’s not the offer that I hate - it’s the induced and leveraged vulnerability.

So, minutes before, I panicked it might be this kind of call. I started feeling sick. I put my head down. I felt like a child.

Why is this freaking you out? You can say no. You can decline. There are so many ways to leave.

But there’s something about that scenario: the being opened and leveraged that has a hold on me I wish it didn’t.

But then the call started. And I was wrong. I knew within 10 seconds that this was a good and trustworthy person.

It was just a call - no agenda beyond coach to coach - meeting and talking.

It’s incredible how quickly we can sense safety with people. And it’s stunning how fearful my brain can be.