Today’s blog comes courtesy of Rene Brown, author of Daring Greatly, which is a book that I absolutely loved.
She is somebody I really respect and admire. She says what she thinks and she doesn’t pull any punches.
Her tip for this week is get better at asking for help.
Here’s the quote that I lifted from Daring Greatly:
“Somehow we’ve come to equate success with not needing anyone. Many of us are willing to extend a helping hand. But we’re very reluctant to reach out for help when we need it ourselves. It’s as if we’ve divided the world into those who offer help, and those who need help. And the truth is that we are both.”
I picked this quote because I came from a farming community where you, you were wired up to get things done yourself, figure it out. There was a lot of pride in being self-sufficient — maybe a holdover from the pioneer days.
But in today’s world, I think the successful entrepreneur is someone who reaches out and finds that support network isn’t afraid to say I don’t know how to do this or I’m not sure how and reaches out.