07/13/2026
Hope this help someone..
Yesterday after working and closing up the Brookfield YMCA I went directly to two grocery stores . I advertised my food event during grocery shopping and a total of 11 people confirmed for the farm tour July 25th to 26th and 2 person confirmed for pre-tasting July 14. The very last person I spoke with was a gentleman who had offered to help carry my groceries; as I was walking out of price right with a box of groceries against my chest 😅 ( something I normally do) and I told him no, thanks. As I walked to my car to put my groceries away, he said, " is that your car, am parked right behind you" and we both laughed 😅. Then I said, " can I talk to you about my food event " Sure, as he immediately walked up to my car . He told me to tell him all about my food event and he was very much interested in my culture and where am from. Then he complimented me for being brave to do such thing living in the Goshen area and he confirmed for the farm tour. He actually said the timing was perfect because his son is getting married the week after. I say this to say, don't be afraid to talk to people. The clients that I have for personal training are mostly talking to people face to face and am grateful for that and I have been talking to more people for the last 3 weeks almost daily about my food events. Don't worry about what you don't have, instead you should focus on what you have to offer. I remembered several years a go, my very first job as an instructor and planning health programs, my former boss wrote a reference letter for my portfolio and she used a word that caught my attention. She said that am personable ( I looked that word up as I read the letter and that was a new word for me ) it had me thinking, no wonder why people like to talk to me. Then I began to use that as a leverage to talk to anyone. Most of us are afraid to talk to strangers because we are afraid of rejection..and let me say this: it's okay for people to say no to you. It's okay to be rejected. And if you are afraid of rejection, practice being okay with rejection by starting from your immediate family - if you are okay with accepting rejection from those who are close to you, it won't matter to you if strangers reject you. And it's okay that not everyone or person is interested in what you do. What is not okay, is for you to not keep trying and asking. Talk to people.. you never know who may need your service.
