Chapter 5
I don’t ask for help
F – Fear
‘Big deal’, you say. ‘I don’t need to ask for help, so what? It’s hardly a fear! It’s just me being brilliant, organised and awesome getting to where I want to be, right?’ . . . or something along those lines. Well if that’s the case, why is this a chapter that I feel practically wrote itself!
Here are some common beliefs:
- ‘If someone helps me get to where I want to be then that undermines my achievements.’
- ‘If someone helps me to get the results I want then I’m weak. Why couldn’t I achieve them on my own?’
- ‘No one can ever know that I don’t know how to get to where I want to be and that I’m struggling; ...
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