Help.

That’s right; I need help. I know that I can’t do everything that’s expected of me without some help. Help from teammates, help from other departments, help from friends, help from family…all of these people working together in my life help to make me who I am.

What about you? You need help. (Gosh, that sounds harsh!) No, seriously, if it’s true that I want to succeed, then that must mean I need to help you succeed.

You see: when you succeed, that helps me. Not just by making my job a little bit easier, but it helps me because I need to help you. I need to help you be successful, because as I'm helping you, I become more successful.  I know it may sound strange, but somehow, my helping you allows a sort of transformation to take place that (gasp!) causes me to look beyond my tunnel vision of work before me, and by stepping in to help you…I grow.

That’s pretty cool.

You have the ability to grow, too. But only if you purposely find ways to help someone else be successful. It’s the surest way to your own success.

“You can’t help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.” -- H. Norman Schwarzkopf