But we Americans are a funny bunch.
Americans, bent on self-reliance and pulling up one’s self by the bootstraps, have a terrible time saying to themselves or anyone else, “I need help.” To most, it feels like giving in. It feels un-American. It is the mark of weakness.
“To the contrary,” says Dave Thorpe, Chief Encourager at Path2Success4me, a San Diego company that provides performance coaching. “Saying ‘I need help’ requires a strength that can lead one along a path to great success. You just have to find the courage to say it, mean it, and act upon it.”
Continues Thorpe, “Look at how many smart, capable people are stuck in a dead-end job, have no career path to speak of, are suffering in a bad relationship, or live in a tumultuous household with out-of-control kids. There’s help out there for them, but they just can’t get themselves to say ‘I need help, even though all my efforts haven’t worked and I find I can’t do this alone.’”
Isn’t that a lot to ask? “Yes, it can be. But it can lead to such incredible breakthroughs,” adds Thorpe. “Let’s put it this way, nobody who has said, ‘I need help’ has ever regretted it. By contrast, everyone who has gotten to the end of their life and finally realized that they didn’t have all the answers — regrets not asking for a little help. Because it’s certainly out there to be had.”
That’s where Dave Thorpe and Path2Success4me comes in. Thorpe takes people on an innovative self-exploration and discovery that, along the way, uncovers who a person is, what their strengths are, and uncovers their purpose in life. All from saying, “I need help.”
“Well, let’s just say everything stems from there. An inability to say “I need help” is the Mount Everest standing in the way of where you want to go. And it takes a very strong person to move Mount Everest.”
If you’re ready to unleash your potential, contact Dave Thorpe at 760-415-7911, and say “I need help, show me the way to know how to change my life.” You may also visit their website, www.path2success4me.com.