We all see things differently and have different approaches to life and this diversity is what makes us unique.
Tell us about a moment when you realized it was okay to ask for help. How did it change your perspective, your day, or your life?
A lot of people see asking for help as a sign of weakness while in actual sense, it’s a sign of strength.
You can’t always blame people for not asking for help or being skeptical about it. Sometimes the way we were raised plays a huge role in making us not ask for help. For example, I grew up in a family where we were taught to be independent at a very young age and I don’t mean only financially independent. I am talking about doing things yourself without whining or asking people for help. Naturally asking for help feels somewhat difficult for me.
I do ask for help every now and then but I resort to that whenever I have tried everything within my power.
My inability to ask for help stems from feeling bad for the next person. I have always believed that asking for help means adding to the other person’s problem.
Life keeps hitting us with different problems every day and it’s only fair I fix my problem rather than tossing it to the next person.
It’s funny how some people are more than willing to help us whenever we ask for help and you’d be surprised you got worried for nothing.
Over time, I got to understand that asking for help is not a sign of weakness but rather a sign of courage and strength.
Knowing that you can’t do a particular thing and reaching out for help is awesome. You’re leaving your pride aside and seeking answers, and that is wonderful. It simply means that you are willing to learn from the other person.
I arrived at this conclusion after my experience with a friend.
So, I had an important event to plan for my firm.
I needed help with so many things. I stayed up all night thinking and trying to solve the problem but nothing came to my mind. I scrolled through my contacts but I just couldn’t bring myself to ask anyone as I was scared of disappointment and anyone laughing at me.
The day of the event was close and I had to speak up, I had to ask for help.
You know in a wrestling match when the wrestler in the ring taps his colleague outside for help? That’s what I did. I tapped my friend and it took a few minutes for her to solve the problem and also making me see the bigger picture.
Her reply didn’t just solve one challenge but it solved multiple challenges and if I had tapped this friend of mine long before that time, I wouldn’t have spent several days thinking and sulking.
Asking for help teaches you how to be brave. You push all the “Whatifs” aside and give it a shot, you don’t know if it’s going to work or not but you do it anyways and if that isn’t bravery I don’t know what is.
It’s okay to ask for help whenever you feel you’re not capable of doing something but very wrong to abuse or take advantage of people’s kindness, so be careful.
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