Here's a question. If you said no, you're among the lucky few. The casualty of this recession is activity. So why not wait it out until the recession is over. This philosophy is flawed.
Many businesses make more money during a recession than any another time.
Self-doubt at times results from the discomfort that there is a no win situation. I've often wondered why prospects refuse to accept phone calls from salespeople who are trying to follow up. It becomes very apparent to even the most green salesperson that the prospects who do not want to do business with you are the ones least likely to return phone calls. This seeming Catch-22 dilemma exists because your prospect is procrastinating making the call due to a perception of discomfort. I recently spoke to a conference of salespeople who's company has received a lot of bad press over the last year.