Asking for Help is a Strength
A Guest Post on Asking For Help by Rory Kelly Connor Somewhere along the way, we have collectively picked up the belief that each one of us should be able to do it all, know it all, have it all, and be it all. Whether at work or at home, we have accepted the premise that we should be indomitable multi-tasking forces of productivity. We should be perfect in our career growth, our work, our dress and our fitness quotient, while also being formidable in our children, our homes, our relationships, our recreational and social schedules, and our love lives. At least, that’s how many of us want it to appear. The truth is often something very different. Many people are struggling. In a challenging economy, people are being asked by employers to do more work and toil longer hours with no added pay or incentives. People are losing jobs, homes, marriages, relationships, and security. Many more are struggling daily to stay positive while working at jobs they loathe deeply, yet f...