Do It Nervous   #

Phone in a death-grip.  
Heart pounding like the ringtone.  
Voice rehearsing, cracking, rehearsing again.

That’s fine.  
Nervous just means the stakes matter.

Buddha said the first arrow is the feeling;  
the second is judging the feeling.

Drop the second arrow.  
Keep the pulse, lose the shame.

Dial while your hand shakes.
  Ask the question even if it wobbles out.  
A little quiver sounds honest-
  prospects hear a person, not a recorded pitch.

Do it nervous.  
Do it sweaty.  
Do it before your brain writes a horror screenplay of what might go wrong.

Each time you act with the chatter still buzzing,
  the chatter softens its volume for next time.

Confidence isn’t the absence of nerves;  
it’s proof you showed up anyway.