Independence, self-reliance, personal motivation, perseverance, and personal responsibility are what we each need to possess in order to fully achieve our dreams and goals.
But that doesn’t mean we don’t need or get help from family, friends, people we meet along the way and complete strangers.
We have to be open to getting a helping hand from others and not feeling shame in it. This is something that I had to struggle with before launching my Kickstarter campaign for my upcoming novel To Breathe Free.
To achieve my publishing dreams and the literary legacy of my late Grandfather with this novel, I knew that I needed the moral and/or financial support of others, including you. But I was apprehensive about it, feeling like I was a beggar.
Then upon deeper reflection, I realized that probably not a single successful person of the past or present could honestly say that they never received help from others. Many successful individuals probably don’t want to admit it or aren’t even conscious off the assistance they received, but there are always stories of people who were given “big breaks” and people who had the encouragement of their family. Even those billionaire businessmen who think that did it all on their own should credit the support of their workers.
I have to credit you. Without your help, Lyved would not be the blog that it is today and I probably wouldn’t be pursuing writing like I am. And I hope that because the help of others, my novel To Breathe Free will also be able to become an excellent and well-read novel.
No one is going to simply hand your dreams and goals to you. But if you’re willing to plan, work and work some more, and possess independence, self-reliance, personal motivation, perseverance, and personal responsibility, people will be willing to assist you in your pursuit and you should feel no shame in accepting the help.
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If you enjoyed this post and any of the other articles on Lyved, please consider supporting my endeavor to achieve a literary legacy for my late Grandfather and my dream of publishing my novel To Breathe Free. To learn more please click here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tobreathefree/to-breathe-free-the-first-great-american-e-novel $4 will allow you to receive a copy To Breathe Free for your support. But eve $1 or a “like” on Facebook, Tweet on Twitter, or share in any other way is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your support!
-Andrew
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