“Asking for help is a sign of strength.”ย
Not Asking For Helpย Affects You and Your Progress
- Both of these activitiesโthe ones you dread and the ones you are no good atโcan have two negative lasting effects.
- Drain Your Energy.ย First, they drain your energy. Entrepreneurs tend to feel overwhelmed when they are working on these activitiesโmuch more than when they are working on areas they love.
- They Stunt Progress.ย Second, they prevent important company functions from getting done. If the company needs to set priorities, and needs you to lead that e๏ฌort, your lack of skill in a particular area not only exhausts you, but hinders the company when the task is not done well. Wouldnโt the business operate more e๏ฌciently if you steered clear of these activities?
Your perspective should be to try to minimize the things you donโt like and things you are not good at from your day:
- Things You Donโt Like.ย It is usually not hard to convince entrepreneurs to remove things they donโt like from their day. In the beginning, you donโt get to make a choice between likes and dislikesโyou must do both. You can, however, change this over time. Identify tasks or focus points that youโd prefer to outsource or delegate, and create a plan to remove them from your day. Being an entrepreneur can be draining, but working on the parts of the business that you donโt enjoy, is often what saps your energy and spirit the most.
- Things You Are Not Good At.ย Your perspective on critical business issues should be โGetting work done well is more important than who does it.โ Ask yourself: What aspects of my business am I good at, and what aspects do I struggle with?
Be candid with yourself. Put your ego aside and acknowledge the things that you donโt do well. Look at it this way. One of the skills of a leader is to understand your strengths and weaknesses and where to supplement your deficits with otherโs skills. It is probably relatively easy to be honest about the parts of the business you donโt like. Less so in admitting the parts of the business you struggle with.
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