Stop beating yourself up for failing at the impossible

We exhaust ourselves trying to do it all alone, then beat ourselves up when we can't. We often mistake self-punishment for discipline when, in reality, it's resistance to growth.

Power doesn’t come from doing it all ourselves. We are designed to feel powerful when we work with others to accomplish more than we could alone. We resist this opportunity to grow not just because asking for help can feel like failure, but because the support team isn't always obvious. The right people aren't always sitting right there, beginning to help you. We may feel like we don’t have the right resources or connections, and this is because building support requires creativity, and creativity often creates resistance.

You're not supposed to be able to do it all. You are supposed to access your creativity and either create or join the right team. The very thing you're criticizing yourself for not being able to handle might be what can only be done with a team.

Stop beating yourself up and get creative instead.

What if you put yourself out there rather than keeping it all to yourself?