The "Get Back To Me" Loop

We check our email – anxiously awaiting for that one person to get back to us with that "dream offer."

Nothing.

Next is the Twitter account… "Did anyone respond to my amazing tweet that I thought tons of people would retweet?"

No?  "How could that be," we ponder.

Onto our phone messages – seeing if that one call we've been waiting for came in to offer us that job we interviewed 10 times for and thought to ourselves "I think they like me.  The fact that they seemed interested is probably a great sign."

Nill.

We think to ourselves;

"What's wrong?  Did I write the correct thing?  Did I say something incorrectly? Were they pissed at something I said?  Was it my hair? Do I not shake their hand hard enough?  Maybe I'm not cool enough?  The book I just read said to give a firm hand shake and how come there handshake wasn't as firm as mine was – is that a sign?"

Sounds familiar, huh (or at least somewhat familar)?

I've recently dealt with this and I can tell you it's a downward spiral.  You doubt yourself for no good reason.

But listen… nothing is wrong with you.  It's ok.  Forget about trying to overanalyze what you said or did as not being enough for someone.  Or that you've be kicking yourself for waiting 15 minutes instead of a day (to get back to them) to try and pretend you're a lot busier than you really are.

Who cares!

You'll never know why someone didn't respond to your email.  Call you back. Respond to your one-of-a- kind blog post that you think everyone would share on Facebook or Twitter.

Just keep plugging away and eventually… people will respond on their time (not ours).

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