08/18/2022
I hear it said all the time that people wish they had their family’s, team mates, coworkers… or whoever’s support.
Made me think.… why do people think they don’t have support? I feel that mostly, it’s because they’re not being supported how they DESIRE to be supported. So if your desire to be supported equates to; people buying your product or service, spending time at your events, doing something you express the need for help with etc, are you missing the support that is coming in other forms?
Support can look like:
Emotional- Expressions of empathy, love, trust and caring
Instrumental- Tangible aid or service
Informational- Advice, suggestions, and information
Appraisal- Information that is useful for self-evaluation
In addition, people will do things FOR you when you build a relationship, two way and mutually beneficial relationship. Sure, there can be times one persons support is greater than the others, but it balances out.
Quit EXPECTING people to do things for you. If you cultivated the relationships around you… people will WANT to do things for you. Anything else is toxic behavior.
Just because people don’t do things like you doesn’t mean they don’t support you or are doing it wrong.
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