Sunday, 4 August 2013
Anne Marie Stagg: Just do it!
Anne Marie Stagg: Just do it!: I find it really hard to ask for help... I am one of those people who will go the extra mile to help someone - it doesn't even have to ...
Just do it!
I find it really hard to ask for help...
I am one of those people who will go the extra mile to help someone - it doesn't even have to be someone I know; I'll help anyone if I can.
In the past that's meant that I have spent hours researching information on the internet or sorting through drawers and cupboards for the essentials of a pirate costume or home baking at midnight for a village event. Once I even intervened when a couple were having a loud and very aggressive domestic in the street; I put the woman in my car and drove her to the police station, waited for her and ended up taking her home and checking the house before she could go in.
It is who I am...
But when I need to ask for help, particularly now that I want to take my business to the next level, I agonise over speaking to people who know me for fear of being a nuisance or being rejected or made to feel a fool. I can find a million different excuses to avoid picking up the phone to make that call. I wonder why it is that, for me, it is easier to ask a stranger than to ask a member of my family or a friend.
So, I have decided that to "get on" I have to "get out there" and if my business is to grow then I am going to have to be a lot more proactive.
I am going to set myself some targets, plan my activity based on what I want to achieve and just do it. No more excuses!
I am one of those people who will go the extra mile to help someone - it doesn't even have to be someone I know; I'll help anyone if I can.
In the past that's meant that I have spent hours researching information on the internet or sorting through drawers and cupboards for the essentials of a pirate costume or home baking at midnight for a village event. Once I even intervened when a couple were having a loud and very aggressive domestic in the street; I put the woman in my car and drove her to the police station, waited for her and ended up taking her home and checking the house before she could go in.
It is who I am...
But when I need to ask for help, particularly now that I want to take my business to the next level, I agonise over speaking to people who know me for fear of being a nuisance or being rejected or made to feel a fool. I can find a million different excuses to avoid picking up the phone to make that call. I wonder why it is that, for me, it is easier to ask a stranger than to ask a member of my family or a friend.
So, I have decided that to "get on" I have to "get out there" and if my business is to grow then I am going to have to be a lot more proactive.
I am going to set myself some targets, plan my activity based on what I want to achieve and just do it. No more excuses!
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