Now that you know how to get rid of the fear of networking events, here is the  surefire evidence it’s working.
When we find ourselves...

• Having fun.

• Smiling or laughing.

• Asking questions and actually listening to the answers.

• Arriving early and leaving last.

• Approaching strangers.

• Giving compliments.

• Feeling a connection with a person before swapping business cards.

• Either during the event or looking back at it, having moments of appreciation.

Don’t get yourself out of sorts and in a wreck about networking. Below are suggestions and advice I share with my business coaching and consulting clients to release the fear and get them results. Whether you use one, two or all of them, won't matter because you'll start seeing the results immediately.
 

Because you need more customers, you sign up to attend a networking event. You're running just a little late. You check the mirror one last time to make sure there's nothing between your teeth. You have your stash of business cards. Once inside you grab your drink. You take a sip and then you proceed to stare at the bottom of the glass like it's the most fascinating work of art you've ever seen. When someone finally tears you away to mingle, it's with the people you know already. And then, thankfully, it's OK to slip out without it being too awkward. Whew!
 
Later you wonder: Why don't those events ever bring me the results everyone else brags about? What's making the networking event so painful and is causing the lack of good connections is fear.
 

Is it like pulling teeth to get yourself to a networking event? Do you justify your decision by claiming you're too busy, you're not a self-promoter, or it's a waste of your time? Are you terrified of speaking to strangers?

Maybe you can get yourself to go, but only stay 15 minutes and leave? Or maybe you're afraid to initiate the conversation, so you find a corner and wait for someone to approach you.

Are you afraid about what tomorrow will bring? Are you changing your lifestyle out of fear or staying awake at night tossing and turning?

Whether tormented about what's going to happen, worried over losing something, or just uncomfortable with change, many of us are simply trying to get through the day without letting the fear consume us. It's like the ground has been pulled out from underneath us. We just don't feel safe.
 

I have had the honor of filming several of my coaching clients to get their thoughts on how they overcome, release, relieve or get rid of their fear.
 
Participants in Part III are Margaret Burnison, JoAnne Musolf, Darrell Merrick, Connie Phillips-Eary, and Michelle Evard.

 
Other information to overcome fear by Vickie Champion you might be interested in are:

38 Ways Fear Can Harm Us

9 Ways to Get Out of Fear

Signs we Might be in Fear

Signs We Are Releasing Fear

 
To see more inspiring video’s visit Vickie Champion’s YouTube Channel
 

I have had the honor of filming several of my coaching clients to get their thoughts on how they overcome, release, relieve or get rid of their fear.
 
Participants in Part II are Connie Kadansky, Sonja Haller, Ketan Patel, Kelly Loeffler, Kathy Church, and Debbie Frank.

 
Other information to overcome fear by Vickie Champion you might be interested in are:

38 Ways Fear Can Harm Us

9 Ways to Get Out of Fear

Signs we Might be in Fear

Signs We Are Releasing Fear

 
To see more inspiring video’s visit Vickie Champion’s YouTube Channel.

I have had the honor of filming several of my coaching clients to get their thoughts on how they overcome their fear.
 
Participants in Part 1 are Margaret Burnison, Ericka Young, Jody Owen,  Kimber Lambeth, Cindy Dillard, and Sally Marks, Lucinda Lintz, Alita Kalgaard and Diane Bolden.

 
Other information to overcome fear by Vickie Champion you might be interested in are:

38 Ways Fear Can Harm Us

9 Ways to Get Out of Fear

Signs we Might be in Fear

Signs We Are Releasing Fear

To see more inspiring video’s visit Vickie Champion’s YouTube Channel
 

I have had the honor of being a life coach to Sonja Haller.  I really admire how she handled this situation. Below is her story of how she got out of fear of interacting with others. 

Maybe you steer clear of networking events because they scare you to death. Or maybe you’re the type who attends a networking occasion believing you’re managing your fear just fine. But time after time you come away with little or no sales. Do one of these profiles fit you?

16 Signs That You Fear Networking Events…

When you…

• DREAD networking events, especially those that don’t have speakers.
• Are reluctant to INITIATE a conversation.
• Almost insist on BRINGING SOMEONE with you to the networking event.
• Mostly hang around people you KNOW.

What’s so great about releasing the fear? Every aspect of our entire life would improve tenfold. First, we could hear our intuition or gut instincts so that it could guide us in the decisions we make every minute of the day. When that happens, we could find the perfect job. We could see our relationships with significant others, our children, our clients and ourselves turnaround. By releasing the fear, we could have what everyone wants: we could be HAPPY.

Here are Some Signs We’re Releasing Fear…

When we find ourselves…

• Not taking SIDES

What's so bad about being afraid? Lots! Worry, doubt, and fear causes us to act in ways that get us in terrible situations. Fear causes illness, financial problems and conflict with others.  Fear lowers our self-esteem, and most of all, causes us to remain unhappy.

Here are Signs we Might be in Fear...

When we...

• Are STRESSED, UPSET, ANGRY or RESENTFUL.
• Want to CONTROL the situation.
• Want to PROVE something.
• Find ourselves confronting a lot of OBSTACLES.
• OBSESS. Replaying a situation over and over and thinking about how it could have been avoided, what will happen because of it, what needs to change to fix it and who's to blame.

With everything changing so quickly, it's easy to become paralyzed with fear. People are losing jobs, entire industries are disappearing overnight and when you go to your favorite coffee shop for a little escapism in the form of a latte, you find it closed. For good.
 

To Get Rid of Fear and Worry Try One or a Combination of These Suggestions...

1  Make a Plan-

Sometimes the best way to get rid of fear is to have a Plan B waiting.

2 Decide to Fully Participate-

Often we get afraid when we're not giving 100 percent.

Most people do not realize or consider the emotional and practical impact fear has on our daily lives and businesses. Yet fear impacts everything from our personal relationships to our self-esteem to our health and that of our company’s bottom line.

Think fear is your own private, locked-away misery? Let’s consider all the ways that fear is cutting you off from your intuition, sacrificing your happiness and causing conflict in your life right now?
 

FEAR CAN CAUSE US TO…

1. Not pursue our DREAMS or not know what our DREAMS are
2. Feel LOUSY
3. Not SLEEP well

It’s one of those mysteries of life, a question everyone has asked in their adult life: “Where did all the money go?” Especially now with finances so tight, it seems your bank account is shrinking at an alarming rate.

And, as that balance gets smaller, the bills seem to come in faster and faster. You never have quite enough to cover everything, and then – WHAM! One of those surprise expenses hits you and sucks away all the savings you have left.

I just heard last week that confidence in the economy is at the lowest level it has ever been.

I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed an underlying fear that seems to be growing. We are being bombarded by the media, hearing the reports of lay offs, banks failing and stores going out of business (not to mention the entire auto-maker industry), streets with less consumer traffic, and retailers just aren’t as busy as they should be this time of year.