I had a busy day yesterday. Running errands, wrapping up some last minute tax details and preparing to have friends over for dinner. As I was vacuuming the house, I was reflecting on this question:
What do I need help with?
That is the final question on my list of 5 questions I’m asking myself this Spring. Here’s the recap from my scribbles last week.
Of course, as I was rushing to get everything done before our guests arrived, the first thing that came to mind is that I would LOVE to have someone pop in weekly to clean the house. That isn’t in the cards just yet. #biggoal
But I did start to think of what I need help with when it comes to my business and the areas of my life.
Women have a terrible tendency not to ask for help. We think we are bothering others or we can simply do it ourselves. We have lost the ability to ask for help and seek wisdom from others.
No woman is an island. And quite frankly, we best work in circles, tribes and in community. We’ve made many advances in the last century or so (still there is more, yes, I know) but what we’ve lost is community.
(And not that faux connection of having 5000 friends on Facebook.)
And I believe that in the absence of tribes and tight-knit communities, we’ve also lost our ability – and being comfortable with – asking for help.
So today I suggest taking a hard look at all the buckets in your life and asking yourself where you can ask for and get some help.
For instance:
Personal: If you’re a parent, set up a carpool or regular after school play dates/activities to free up more time for business (or simply for yourself).
Business: Hiring a VA to offload some of the busy work that isn’t in your genius.
Home: Create a chore list and get EVERYONE on board with routine activities. We tend to shoulder the bulk of household chores and that’s nonsense.
These are simple examples and ideas. But, how often do we take the time to sit down and really figure out where we need help.
One of things I love about our Circles is that we practice asking for help each week. When one Circle member is in the spotlight, I ask her to please let us know how you want the rest of us to show up and how we can help her. Essentially I’m requesting her to ask for what she needs.
It’s good practice for all of us. Sometimes we just need a safe container to do so. Wink wink – that’s what our Circles are all about.
Here is the download to work through all 5 Questions I’ve posed this week – to help you get ready for Spring.
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John Schnobrich
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