Compounding Daily
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EP134- Asking for help is a sign of strength.
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Strength isn’t found in going it alone. It’s found in knowing when to ask for help.
For so long, many of us have carried a quiet belief that needing support somehow makes us weak—or worse, a failure. In this episode, I reflect on that false narrative and how deeply it can shape the way we show up in life.
My own journey from stubborn self-reliance to embracing vulnerability was anything but easy. Yet, it changed me. I’ve learned there’s a difference between asking for help after giving your best effort and leaning on others as a way to avoid responsibility. Real strength, I’ve come to see, is about admitting our limitations while still holding ourselves accountable.
What surprised me most was how much richer life became once I started opening up. Inviting in different perspectives not only sharpened my problem-solving but also connected me with people who share the same values and growth mindset. When we surround ourselves with others on a similar path, we build networks of encouragement and accountability that lift everyone higher.
And then there’s the responsibility of giving back. The wisdom we gain through struggle isn’t just for us—it’s often the exact encouragement someone else is waiting to hear. Paying forward the help we’ve received creates a ripple effect of strength and compassion.
So whether you’re navigating challenges in your career, relationships, or your own personal growth, I invite you to pause and reflect: what if saying “I need help” is one of the bravest things you can do? What if vulnerability isn’t the opposite of strength, but the very thing that allows it to grow?
You don’t have to walk this path alone. None of us do.
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Hello, hello and welcome back everybody to Compounding Daily. I'm your host, miguel Sanchez. Welcome to episode 134. First and foremost, I want to say happy Labor Day weekend. I hope you guys all had a wonderful weekend. If it was an extended one, I hope you were surrounded by good conversations, good people, creating memories, earning momentum while still earning that relaxation. And with that being said, let's get right into it. Obviously it's been a long weekend. As I record this, it's almost nine o'clock on Monday and I can't emphasize on how much fun I had this weekend. I was surrounded by good people, as I mentioned earlier, I was having great conversations and it was a weekend that allowed me to disconnect from my routine of being hard on myself and thinking about my goals, and I really can say, very gratefully, that I was able to disconnect and be fully present and appreciate the moment and the picture that was being painted in front of me, and I hope that that is the same for you and more.
Speaker 1:And today's episode is going to be short. I have something that I want to speak about, but before I get into that, let's just say I can't keep you for the full episode. In the first five minutes I at least want to be the reminder. The reminder that it doesn't matter if it was a long weekend. The reminder that it doesn't matter if it was a long weekend. The reminder that it doesn't matter if you had a rough weekend. A reminder that it doesn't matter if it's raining, it doesn't matter if it's sunny, it doesn't matter if it's getting cold. The choice of freedom that comes to choose an attitude that serves the world is a decision that you can make for yourself, and what that simply means is, just because you had a long weekend, just because the weekend is over, just because you don't want to be where you are, just because you are not who you wish to be just yet, doesn't mean that you have to show up with a negative attitude, that you have to paint a negative perspective. Be the weird one who is excited to go back to work. Be the weird one who says you know to work. Be the weird one who says you know I had a great weekend, but I'm grateful to be back here with you guys. And to some people that may come off like, oh you know, this guy's overly enthusiastic, I like to say, is being intentionally positive, because that is a choice that we can make.
Speaker 1:I always emphasize on the fact that I'm a human being. I don't want to go to work most days, I don't want to get out of bed. I just want to stay there and relax in the comfort of my own bed, in my own home, with the love of my life, and just say, oh, I just wait for my goals to come to me. Oh, if only. But that's not how the world works. And if I wish to become better and create more, not just for me, but for the people that I consider important, then it is important for me to show up with the right attitude. So, sure, it's Tuesday, but I highly encourage you to be mindful of that conversation and go into this new week, even though it's a short one, with a good attitude that radiates from just the way you walk and the way you talk and the way that you present yourself. And, with that being said, happy, happy Tuesday. Let's get right into it.
Speaker 1:Today's topic is something that I struggled with for a very long time, because I am hard-headed. I, uh, I, I have, uh, I, I have an ego problem, but it used to be significantly worse when I was younger. And what I mean by ego? I simply mean that I was full of myself. Full of myself to the extent that, even though I knew I needed help, I knew I needed guidance, I knew the assistance of another individual would be beneficial to my situation. I knew that for a fact. And yet I didn't ask for help. Because, for me, asking for more, asking for guidance, asking for help, was a sign of weakness, and because that is how I portrayed being helped. I didn't allow myself to be helped and therefore I just settled in my own misery and my own suffering. Understand something Seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness, because when you ask for help, it means that you've reached a point in your life, whatever the difficulty may be, where the conversation doesn't say wow, I can do this, I can overcome this, no matter what, I don't need anybody, I am the best, I am the greatest, I am the most undefeated. You know, whatever the case may be, you could have that conversation. And that's all ego driven. And the reason I say that's all ego driven is because there's not a person in this planet that, at one point or another, didn't need the help of another. And the sooner you accept that, the sooner you realize that you are flawed, the sooner you realize that, no matter how good you are, there is somebody doing better. Doesn't matter how smart you are, there is always somebody smarter.
Speaker 1:I've reached a point where I ask for help in everything that I do, and not help because I'm incompetent, right? Let's emphasize on that a little bit. Don't be incompetent, right. Give actual effort towards the things that you want out of life. Give your best foot forward before asking for help. You know, give your best foot forward before asking for help. You know, because some people just ask for help because they simply didn't want to even try by themselves. So therefore, they ask for help.
Speaker 1:And now you might be more of an inconvenience than anything, and that is honestly where I found myself at some points before I started this journey of personal development. I would ask for help in the sense of hey, I need more money. Hey, would you pay for my lunch? I don't have money. Hey, you know, I know I owed you money, but it was a lot of money problems in my situation, simply because I was spending it on the wrong things and when important things needed to be paid, I couldn't pay it for myself.
Speaker 1:And now I was just being an inconvenience to other people when I say seeking help is a sign of strength, it means that you have genuinely given effort towards the attainment of, and have reached a wall, have reached a obstacle that you know as an individual, you can't see a way to overcome, a way to go around, a way to get past it, and therefore you set the ego outside and you tell yourself very simply I am stuck, I don't know where to go from here, I need help. And then you go and seek it. You go get others' opinions, you go and get a different perspective. If you know me and you are within my inner circle different perspective If you know me and you are within my inner circle. If you know me personally, you know that I always emphasize on questions. I always love asking questions, I always love to see others' perspectives. I always like to understand, because I know that I don't understand a lot of things. I know that I know nothing when, in comparison to you, know the vast amount of knowledge that is out in the world.
Speaker 1:Don't allow your ego to be the reason why you don't grow. Don't allow a conversation that tells you hey, you're stuck, but you don't need help, you'll figure it out. And hey, sometimes you may just figure it out. But I found more times than others that, instead of asking for help, I was being hard-headed and therefore I made the journey that much more difficult, when in reality, I was being blessed with people in my life who were willing to help, had I just asked. Asking for help is a sign of strength, not of weakness. Remember that as you continue your journey of life.
Speaker 1:There's no harm in asking for a conversation. There's no harm in asking for some wisdom. There's no harm in admitting that you are wrong. There's no harm in admitting that you don't understand. There's no harm in admitting that you've messed up. Think about that. The next time you catch yourself making a wrong decision in a difficult situation. Don't have the conversation. That makes an exaggerated scenario where you ask for help and you are being ridiculed or you are being told plainly no, I can't help you. You're always making mistakes. And instead just ask yourself do I have people in my life who, in my moments of need, are willing to help me? And if you are surrounded by good people, the chances of that is yes. And if, by chance, if the answer to that is no, then I'm certain you've been walking down a wrong path, because a righteous path that's set on goals that are meant for not just the growth of an individual but the growth of the people who come across. Them are typically led in a direction where it goes from a lonely path to one where you are surrounded by an abundance of quality people, and quality people are always willing to lend a hand.
Speaker 1:Next time things get difficult, don't be afraid to ask for help. Listen to me when I say this is an extension for me to you in my own personal life. If you are listening to this and you've gotten this far, I'm a message away. I'm a voice message away. I'm pretty sure if you look hard enough somewhere on social, you will find my phone number. Reach out. I'm an open book. I'm not a therapist, you know. I'm not here to tell you what to do, but I'm pretty sure I can talk to you good enough to allow you to see a different perspective. If you just understand that I'm never here to judge, I'm never here to tell you that you're wrong, but if any way that I can help you become better from a conversation, from a simple change of perspective, from giving you an idea, from changing the way in which you are approaching something, then by all means, please reach out, because in me being able to help you, I then get better myself, and together we get better. I'm going to wrap it up with that. It is getting late. Thank you for being with me.
Speaker 1:A short episode. The days got ahead of me, the days got ahead of me, the time got ahead of me and I almost convinced myself to just not even have this episode and just allowing a week to go by. But if you know me, you know that voice in me would have nagged me to death tomorrow if I allowed that to happen. So instead, here I am on a Monday night, almost 9 o'clock at night, recording this episode.
Speaker 1:And the goal is always the same to give you some sort of value, to give you some sort of insight, to remind you that even though you are human and flawed, that does not mean that you are there permanently. You can grow, you can become better, and then it doesn't matter if you're weak, it doesn't matter if you're strong. The way that this quote works is seeking help is a sign of strength, not of weakness. Giving help is a sign of understanding. Giving help is a sign that you've gone through a journey and now you are willing to pay it forward so others don't repeat the mistakes you made. So if you are in a position where you've gone through difficulties, you've gotten better, it's almost like your right to pay that forward To those who are walking along the same path as you, because you may not need help, but you might be the help somebody is looking for. Think about that and together let's start this week better.
