Lean On Me: You Can't Do It Alone

Being independent is overrated. Don't get me wrong, I love my independence and I love the freedoms I have to make decisions. However, when taken to the extreme, independence leads to this faulty sense of "I don't need anybody."

Everyone wants to be the rising star, world's best dad, mom of the century, or employee of the decade, but this doesn't happen overnight and it definitely doesn't happen on one's own. You are where you are primarily because of your decisions and responses to situations. But, another major factor in being where you are is the people you have or have not placed around you.

"We all need somebody to lean on..." Isn't that how the famous song goes? And, it is truth. You

can never reach your greatest potential without people pushing your forward, challenging you, encouraging you, and drawing things out of you.

Your success is not so much determined by your achievements as it is by the relationships you have in your life. Those who fight to do everything on their own will eventually find themselves on their own. 

You need others, whether you like it or not. The key is finding the right "others" who are going to help move you forward and not hold you back.

Having a spiritual father, coach, mentors, accountability partners, and solid friends have been an extremely powerful instrument in my growth and success. These type of people help you become a stronger you, better you, and draw things out of you that you never thought were there. They check you when you need to be checked, pick you up when you stumble, challenge you when you want to throw in the towel, and hold you to your commitments when you feel like wavering. 

Do you have people in your life who are mentoring you, coaching you, fathering, and holding you accountable or are you trying to do it on your own? Don't, for the sake of your independence, deprive yourself of some one of the greatest and most necessary ways of growing and reaching your potential, relationships.