Help. As I consider my thoughts on the “Gable Trained” principles. If find it challenging to not repeat what I have written previously. Partly, I find the principles to be very much in line with the well-centered fitness principles about which I have been writing for quite some time. Additionally, the Gable Trained Principles all time together in some way–specifically, mentors, communication, examples, and teamwork are inseparable from the principle of “help”.
Brian Tracy has said, “Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, ‘What’s in it for me?’” When we look to help others, invariably others will be willing to help us. The practice of mutual support makes all parties better. There is a certain synergy that comes when we work as a team and collaborate. If we look only to help others when there is some reciprocal benefit, we miss the point of helping.
The irony is that we don’t have to ask, “What’s in it for me?” There will always be a return. “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help other people get what they want” (Zig Ziglar). We must all be willing to help someone in need when opportunity presents itself and not worry what we have gain.
We do not go at anything in life alone. Maybe it feels like we are alone at times, but there is always someone willing to help. Sometimes, we just have to ask. Asking for help takes humility. It takes admitting that we need to get better. The thing is, we can only get better if we have help.
In sport, the athlete who seeks out tougher competition gets better. The athlete who does not risk failure does not improve. Likewise, the successful athlete identifies his or her weaknesses and works on these. The successful athlete has a coach and training partners. There is no athlete who has been labeled the “greatest of all time” who did not have help. Likewise, success in all areas of life requires help.
We must not only seek help, but we must acknowledge it, as well. Practice grattitude! Give and receive help in equal measure. Live to improve yourself and to improve others.
Be your best today; be better tomorrow!
Carpe momento!