You’re Not Alone: Help and Support for Facing Life’s Challenges
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- Updated: June 25, 2024
Feeling stressed out? I understand! Life can get complicated sometimes.
As an entrepreneur coach, my role is to assist you in making sense of the complex and confusing aspects of your life. In this article, we’ll explore how to find the support you need to navigate through your current challenges and potentially prevent future ones.
But first, let’s clear up a common misunderstanding.
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First of all, it’s not true that all eight billion of us on Earth are healthy, wealthy, and problem-free. Each of us faces different challenges that push us to our limits, challenge our reality, and make us confront things we wish would just disappear. Let’s get out of the fantasy land where we believe that we with enough money and fame, we will escape from our problems.
Moreover, if your life is without problems, how and where can you learn more about yourself and others? The secret to a fulfilling life lies in finding creative solutions to difficult situations. It’s through unfamiliar and sometimes scary experiences that we build confidence and resilience to handle whatever obstacles come our way.
To illustrate this, let me guide you through safely entering or exiting a parking garage. As I tell this story, think about the message of your own strength, ability to change, and capacity to overcome challenges and achieve success.
Seeking safety while in a dangerous situation
In the event that we find ourselves alone in a parking garage, away from other people and sense some sort of danger, our tendency may be to run deeper into the darkness, towards somewhere we believe we can hide.
However, the reality is that we should not hide, but rather, run towards a public place filled with people. We can retreat towards the lobby or go into a well-lit and visible area. In other words, we must learn to run towards safety.
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Moreover, if you feel as it is not safe to journey towards your vehicle, ask if someone can accompany you. It can be a security guard, friend or anyone nearby. Rarely, if ever, would some would deny assisting someone who sincerely asked for help.
While I am on this subject, here are some other parking lot safety tips.
Despite having access to various tips and resources, some of us still hesitate to ask for help. Why is that? In the next section, we will discuss the reasons behind it.
Why Do We Resist Asking For Help?
Why do we avoid asking for help? Simple. We want things done on our terms and on our own way.
Moreover, it is natural to be distrustful. We as humans we tend to have a negativity bias, meaning that we tend to avoid or deny foreign or unknown ideas.
Sometimes our egos get in the way of our plans. We fear any change, even if it is positive.
Seeking help for many years was a foreign idea to me. To be honest, most of my own crisis and conflicts were by my own design. I have learned over the years taking advice from other is the ultimate life-hack.
Are you resistance to help? It is okay to admit it. We can start being vulnerable and ask for help.
No matter how hard we try to convince ourself otherwise, our solution or perhaps part of the remedy is actually within our grasp. It is not something that is far fetched, elusive or hard to obtain solution.
Are you ready to ask for help? Next, here are some simple steps to ask others for assistance.
Remember, asking for help shows strength, not weakness. Everyone needs help sometimes!
How to Ask Others for Help
Asking for help is important and here are some simple steps to do it:
Identify: Figure out what exactly you need help with.
Choose: Decide who you feel comfortable asking for help from, like a friend, family member, or someone else you trust.
Ask: Politely tell them what you need help with and why you need it. Be clear and specific.
Accept: Be open to their response and appreciate their support, whether they can help right away or need some time.
Remember, asking for help shows strength, not weakness. Everyone needs help sometimes! I hope these tips will help. Next, I will share my final thoughts.
Final Thoughts
I may not have a remedy to your specific problem but at least I can provide you a different perspective so that you may not feel as challenged with your current situation.
In the meanwhile, do not be discouraged. Everything is happening for you, not to you. I believe that you have the ability to overcome your current obstacles.
If you need more help overcoming feelings of fear and anxiety, I highly recommend my course Amazing Attitude.
Also, if you need help from a coach who specializes traumas and addictions, don’t hesitate to consider working with me. I am here to support you.
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