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Ask for the Help You Need!
It’s not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of strength!
“You can do anything, but not everything.” — David Allen
Two years ago, I designed and facilitated an online course to help people transform their inspired ideas, inspirations, and ventures into reality.
Baked into the learning process were simple ways to help participants become aware of the places inside themselves where they were tangled or challenged in their approach.
One tangle that surprised me was how difficult it was for most people to ask for help.
While it is true that the creative process requires a healthy dose of solitude, it also requires a healthy dose of interaction with others and occasionally the well-timed support of others.
Indeed, there are times when even the most self-sufficient and confident person needs a push, pull, jiggle, jolt, feedback, encouragement, or hug.
Even though most people intellectually acknowledge this need, most of us tend to default to the “I’m-in-this-all-alone” mode.
