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The High Price of Going it Alone

Published: March 24, 2022, 11:41 p.m.

I’m going to cut right to the chase. If you’re attempting something great – building and growing a business, creating content, working through relationship drama, raising kids, tackling personal projects –  you need support. Period. 

 

And not getting the help you need can make the difference between living a life you love and one you despise. 

 

Somewhere along the way, many of us adopted the notion that the self-made man is the gold standard, the ideal, that our success will be sweeter if we go it alone. 

 

This is a big flawed premise. There is no such thing as a self-made man. Or woman (just to be clear.) 

 

Did you make the device you’re reading this on? Did you cut the trees to get the wood to construct your house? Did you build your car or manufacture your stove? Did you make your shoes? I’m willing to bet no.

 

We get support in a million ways to live and function in the world. Why do we shoot ourselves in the foot by resisting support when it comes to reaching our goals? 

 

This sometimes happens among my clients who have already invested in my services. Their impulse to “go it alone” overrides what makes sense: to take advantage of the resources at their disposal.

 

The go-it-alone tendency can manifest in multiple ways: 

  • Feeling embarrassed or ashamed to ask for help 
  • Feeling not worthy to use another person’s time
  • Not wanting to take up air space in group coaching sessions
  • Feeling hesitant about bringing negative energy or doubts into a group coaching session
  • Missing appointments
  • Not sharing your ideas and strategies so that others can provide feedback 

 

But here is what I have observed. The fastest way to get from here to there is to put yourself in a supportive environment. Everyone needs support from time to time. Everyone. And encouragement, external resources, and feedback can be the difference between reaching your goals or not. Or it could be the difference between reaching your goals gracefully or exhaustedly.

 

There are no extra points for going-it-alone or being depleted. None.

 

But there is a lot of extra that comes with a supportive environment. There are shared resources, shared energy, encouragement, the give-and-take of receiving and providing feedback. 

 

I am here to support you. Not to make decisions for you or to run your business. That’s your thing. But if you could benefit from support – and can’t we all? – then, I am here for you. From the podcast to Revolution to NLP Sales School to Momentum Maker and Soulful Business with NLP Facebook group, I’ve got many ways for you to plug in and get the support you need. We all benefit when we share our challenges, expertise, and solutions. Join in! Get and give the support we all need. We can do this together!





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