And who are you, Kelly?
How being selfish is actually a good thing
When my kids left for college, I found myself staring at the walls, bored to tears of the mundane day to day. Out of my selfish desire to be busier, I got certified as a coach and I realized the training I received was exactly what I needed to help others. So it turns out that your selfishness is actually selfless if you do it right. Solve someone's problem and it will solve yours. We are all connected, you just need to know how to communicate it to them so they know you're the one who can help them.
Your Pitch is probably terrible
You lost them at hello
Don't start your pitch with your name. And if the second part of your sentence is, "and I am a "such and such" at "so and so company", you've totally lost them.
Tom Cruise zeroed in on the connection he had with Renee Zellweger when he had a "big win in his company" but no one to share it with. He told her he needed to "hear her voice and to laugh with her". She wanted connection and significance and he was giving it to her. He famously "had her at hello". You must become someone who speaks to the needs inside a person and you can have them at hello.
If you don't, people are bored as soon as you open your mouth. They won't hear what you have to offer, and they certainly don't feel a pull to buy from you.
You need a pitch that makes them feel something. People stop listening when you're boring, and they buy when they feel like you're connecting.
GET in the room
If you don't know where to start, you just need help. Everything changes when you have in-person coaching and examples to learn from. Come to the workshop with other business owners and salespeople who are leveling up their business. This group will walk away knowing exactly what to say to make people buy when they ask you, "What do you do for work?"
More confidence
You don't learn confidence, you unlearn embarrassment. Unlearn embarrassment bit-by-bit with a skill that pays.
More comfortable
Confidence will spill out into every area of your life. Learning how to slay a one liner Is just the beginning.