FFP69: How do I ask for help?

Do you struggle to ask for help when you need it?

Welcome to "The Freshman Foundation" Podcast where we help young athletes BE READY for every next step in the game of life through mental performance coaching.

I recorded this podcast on October 5th, 2023 during mental health awareness week, so I thought it was fitting to talk about the subject of asking for help.

In Episode 50 of The Freshman Foundation® Podcast, I discussed WHY it’s so hard to ask for help. In this episode, I dive deeper into HOW we can get better at asking for help.

In my view, asking for help is a skill. This perspective is highly personal. I had to learn to ask others for help in my late 30s and early 40s to address my own mental health and life challenges. Practicing asking for help allowed me to get better at it, and ultimately, it improved my life.

SO, what was your biggest takeaway from this episode?

The thing that I would like you to take away is that there is absolutely no shame in asking for help. 

I would be remiss if I said that asking for help is easy for me. It is not. I don’t think it is easy for anyone because of the fears associated with doing so. Our brain wants us to believe that asking for help is a threat when it is exactly the opposite. It is an opportunity.

If you view asking for help as a skill that you want to improve like technical and physical skills, then the odds are you will get better at it. Doing this requires a growth mindset.

I want to thank you for joining me in this discussion about asking for help.

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