Did you know when your hands are warm, it literally tricks your brain into being calm?

Call reluctance, the emotional hesitation to prospect, causes blood to be rerouted from your extremities to your vital organs. This is the body’s reaction to protect the vital organs from perceived harm. That is why your hands tend to turn clammy and cold when you are distressed. They have less blood to warm them. Clammy hands may be enough to trigger your call reluctance button.

Experiments conducted in the Fear-Free Prospecting and Self-Promotion workshop illustrate the point. Initial fingertip temperatures were obtained from all participants. Then the group was told that two of them would be selected at random to make cold calls in front of the group. A second series of fingertip temperatures were taken, revealing an average drop of six to ten degrees. Call reluctance is merciless. It even saps the blood from your fingers.

Prepare a hot water bottle before you starting telephone prospecting. It is powerful and can be used to block many episodes of call reluctance before they get started. You be the judge. Give it a try. Experience how much warmer your tone and your experience.

Take a short online quiz to find out how much Sales Call Reluctance is Costing You.  http://www.exceptionalsales.com/services/workshop-training/your-prospecting-ekg-complimentary/

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Source: Connie Kadansky