Involve To Evolve. Asking for Help…

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All the HELP you need is there for the asking …

… Heard that one before?

You would have heard it thousands of times, but when have you truly put it to action?

For many of us asking for help is fraught with danger, stress and worry.

  • What if we inconvenience them? …
  • What if I look stupid, or weak or needy?

As a health practitioner, you’re most likely very good at giving and doing … but like many small business owners, (and in particular those in the health profession) – you might be hindering your business potential by:

  • NOT asking for HELP
  • NOT involving others
  • NOT involving your team, and
  • NOT involving others from outside your business

You Love To HELP Others, Right?

You love to help. But imagine you weren’t able to help anyone. How would you experience yourself – your life? What if no patients came in? You had the most fabulous practice, yet there was no one to help?

HELP is an exchange. An exchange of positive energy.

But like any healthy interaction – there are two parts at play:

  1. Offer and Give
  2. Ask and Accept

Health practitioners are brilliant at Part One – “Offer and Give.”
Unfortunately we don’t see too many of you who are good at “Ask and Accept”.

And that’s your challenge.

Can you be OPEN to asking and accepting HELP?

When you ASK someone for help you give them the gift of

  • feeling good, and
  • having meaning

You give them the opportunity that you have – the opportunity to HELP others.  

Believe it or not, even the most confident among us can struggle with self-doubt and feelings of “I’m not good enough”.

Business ownership is difficult at times and many choose to go it alone. However, if you don’t ask for help, you deny others a positive interaction and, more-so, if you try to do everything yourself, you’ll stress out and burn out.

It’s important to use your network once you’ve built it.

… And remember, you deserve to be helped by others.

If you have any helpful hints or tips on how you have asked for help, share in the comments section below. Asking for help can be tough and often taking that first leap in asking is the biggest hurdle.

People do truly want to care … So let them HELP!

until next time,

Brian Fitzpatrick

1 reply
  1. Trina
    Trina says:

    Hi Brian. For me it’s not so much not wanting other people to be ‘happy’ by being able to help me. Rather putting people in the scenario that they might feel uncomfortable and have to say ‘no’, or as has happened, say ‘yes’ and then retract their help. Easier not to put myself or others in that situation……
    I am trying to ask more often though….

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