True story.
True vulnerability.
If there’s one thing I didn’t invest in much but would have done my businesses a lot better had I invested in it, that would be “physical social networking”.
But why?
Physical networking, or physical socialization, is not my cup of tea.
I physically get tired (not just bored) around unfamiliar people.
Asian 90’s kid would relate to what I will say next.
I’m like Ultraman or Magma Man, who can only wrestle with the enemy for three minutes. Whether winning or losing, I must go home if the enemy isn’t knocked out on the 180th second.
My fingers produce more words than my lips (because I’m a writer and a programmer, and I don’t need a mouth for that).
I get more anxiety from being invited for an interview than building a new website from scratch and writing original content on all ten landing pages in less than 24 hours.
My best record in website designing and content writing is designing a new website and writing all its content in 11 hours and 54 minutes.
That explains why I never appeared on TV or heard on the radio.
I politely turned down all invitations.
Am I anxious for the fear of running out of sensible things to say?
By the frequency, length, and substance of my posts on LinkedIn, do I look like someone who easily runs out of things to say in my area of expertise?
Of course, not!
This introversion is why I added “engaging in ONLINE communities” in this freelancing tip.
So, if you’re an introvert like me, and you believe you have no chance in the digital freelancing world, take this from me: You will find clients who look past your introversion and do business with you for your intelligence, ideas, integrity, innovation, intuition, independence, industry knowledge, insights, and initiative.
I know introversion can make you suffer from an inferiority complex.
I was in it for several years.
Would you like to know how I overcame it?
I changed my question for myself.
Instead of pondering what’s wrong with me because the majority almost always act and think in unison while I almost always act and think differently, I began leveraging my peculiarity.
Do I belong to the autism spectrum?
I don’t know.
I’m not yet clinically tested for that, but I have the symptoms.
Surely, you’d like to ask, “But isn’t it hard for those who belong to the autism spectrum to be sociable and build relationships?”
True. I enjoy staying in my room with the curtains closed than attending to visitors.
Are you surprised now as to how I build online communities and embody this freelancing and hiring tip I’m sharing with you?
Normal people reach out. They find stronger species to associate themselves with.
I do the opposite. I muscle up my abilities so I’m the one being sought. It’s not by choice. It’s just really the way I am.
This phenomenon explains why I’m all over the place.
I have businesses in the information technology, digital marketing, finance, and agriculture sectors.
The maxim “jack of all trades, master of none” is only for those who deliberately decided to be average for themselves. Don’t include me in your group! Ban me for life!
Clients gravitate toward me.
They find my over 20 years of first-hand experience and expertise in those fields beneficial for the success of their business.
Self-improvement, up-skilling, and re-skilling – however you’d like to call it – is my effective way of cultivating diverse contacts and engaging online communities for collaboration and growth.
I wrote this article dearly for those who struggle to build contacts because of their peculiar personality.
Networking is not a one-style activity.
Find your ways relative to your personality.
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