People don’t become successful in a vacuum (if they did, then the Dirt Devil would sell off the racks). You NEED everyone else. This really sucks when you are an introvert. No more rock and island songs. None of the “I can do it all by myself” routines.
There was a lady last year who belonged to my archery club. She wants to be an olympic archer. So she formed a team to help her achieve that goal. I was thinking in my head that she must have a lot of financial backing and support from a corporation somewhere. Offhandedly, I mentioned that it must be nice to have that level of finances to do something that big.
She looked at me and laughed. Despite thinking I had just committed some major faux pas, I persevered and waited for my answer, more intrigued than bothered.
“My coach, my mother, my chiropractor, my sister, my husband, my friends, and my cat are the current members of my team”, she said rather smugly. “Your team is anyone who is willing to help you in any way to achieve your goal”. She was on a roll and I let her continue explaining this “team” thing to me as though it were rocket science. Secretly, I was imagining her cat retrieving her arrows for her, but hey, I never said I took good notes in class.
After talking with her, I felt as though a large blindfold was removed. I already HAD a team! Why didn’t anyone tell me they were on my team, damn it! “We thought you knew”, came the rhetorical answer.
Hey, rhetorical questions aren’t supposed to have answers. (right, and a platypus was the product of a duck and a really drunk beaver).
Take a look around and you will notice that you have many, many people who are helping you succeed. They are already there. They are willing to help. They are simply waiting for you to believe in yourself. They aren’t going to do the work for you, but they will point you to where the shovel is.
The people around you are your co-pilot. You’re not just flying blind and you’re definitely not alone.
Toff Ward
Open Source Marketer