When to Ask for Help
I share with you another client story from one of our group coaching calls in The Success Society, which is our higher-level coaching group where we talk about all things outside of the application. Now, I am a firm believer that you don’t need to come with a “problem” or something to troubleshoot every single week in order to participate in and benefit from our coaching sessions. Like I say to our Apply Yourself community members, you don’t need to wait until you experience a problem to reach out and ask for support. When it comes to our coaching, we take a holistic approach because you shouldn’t actually have to ask for help. It should be a well-rounded process that you engage in fully, freely, and on your own terms.
Holistic Coaching, Asking for Help, and Making Good Choices in your Advancement
Chatting with this client brought up a really important question: When do we ask for help? Asking for help often requires a serious analysis of where we are, where we want to be, and the gap between them. Here are some key points from this episode:
- If you’re feeling unsure of your next steps, it’s important to take a step back and visualize where you want to be in a productive way.
- In order to reach your goals, your current self needs to make choices that can, in truth, be uncomfortable. These are often the choices you would make when you look back in hindsight.
- Imagine yourself 10, 20, 30 years into the future, or even 1 year in. What choices would you make today to get you where you want to be faster, without stress, with more joy, support, encouragement, and community, and in a healthier and sustainable way?
- There doesn’t always have to be a problem. It’s important to learn how to ask for help and when to ask for help. And in order to ask for the right kind of help, you need the right people to be on the other end, listening to and supporting you.
- At Apply Yourself, we provide coaching for applications, for test prep, and for life in general, and we have programs that focus on each of those areas. Want help on applications? We have Mastering Academic Applications. Want to excel in your MCAT and LSAT test prep? We have Mastering Test Prep. Need support in different areas of your life? We have The Success Society. And for all of the above, we always offer 1:1 VIP time to our clients.
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