Update: Hitting My First Wall (and Owning It)

So… I said I’d do 8 hours of cold calling for market research and hit 1,000 cold calls.

Reality check?

I didn’t do a single hour of research calls.And I only made around 50 cold calls — booked 2 appointments from them.

I wish I could give you a solid reason why. But the truth is, I don’t have one. I take full accountability for that.

Sure, there were obstacles — the WiFi in my neighborhood kept cutting off mid-call (which killed my motivation fast). And I share a bedroom, so it’s not like I can just start calling whenever I want. But if I’m being real with myself, those weren’t the main reasons.

The real reason was mental.I kept comparing myself to people already doing $10k, $20k, $30k months.Every time I thought about dialing, this thought popped up:

“What’s the point? What are 200 calls today even going to do?”

That one thought — that feeling of insignificance — is what paralyzed me.

Then, just when I started to build some momentum again, I booked a meeting for Tuesday. Felt good about it.But right before the call, I checked my dialer… and my account got suspended.No dialer. No calls. And the one I was using before? It was free.

Now I’m back to square one — trying to figure out how to make money just to get the tools to keep going.

I’ve been thinking about switching things up — maybe pitching car dealerships here in Egypt in person since it wouldn’t cost me anything upfront. Or maybe picking up a setter/closer job to get my footing again.

Honestly? I don’t have it figured out right now.I feel a bit lost.But I also know this low point will teach me something — it has to.

Sorry for the long wait on this update. Between university and stuff happening at home, things got messy. But this is where I’m at — no filters, no excuses.

Next post will be about how I climb back up from this.

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