Listen "S2:E8 – How Can I Know When to Ask for Help?"
Episode Synopsis
Each episode features a leading question, quote of the week, and a Growing Together segment geared at imperfect leaders who are seeking development in their leadership potential.
In this episode, the team discusses when it’s time to ask for help. In a culture geared toward independence, competency, and perfection, how do we even begin to ask for help?
Quote of the Week:
“Our problem is our delusions of strength that keep us from seeking the grace that strengthens us in our weakness. We just don’t like to be weak. We don’t like to think of ourselves that way, and we don’t want others to see us that way. So we act as if we know things that we don’t know, and we don’t ask the questions we need to ask. We act as if we can handle things that we can’t handle, and we don’t seek the help that’s available. We act as if we’ve conquered things that we have not conquered, and we don’t reach out for help for the battle. It is all a failed quest for the self-congratulatory glory of independence.”
-New Morning Mercies, Paul David Tripp
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Learn more about LDI at ldi.hopecc.com and visit our podcast website at ldi.hopecc.com/podcast.
Thanks for listening! Please subscribe to or follow our show. We’d also love it if you’d leave a review, which will help us grow in our imperfect podcasting. Finally, send us any show ideas or recommendations for quotes of the week at [email protected].
Host & Guests
Paul Stiver
Naty Severson
Kaelyn Larson
Sound Engineer - Austin Sego
Technical support - Nolan Bauer
In this episode, the team discusses when it’s time to ask for help. In a culture geared toward independence, competency, and perfection, how do we even begin to ask for help?
Quote of the Week:
“Our problem is our delusions of strength that keep us from seeking the grace that strengthens us in our weakness. We just don’t like to be weak. We don’t like to think of ourselves that way, and we don’t want others to see us that way. So we act as if we know things that we don’t know, and we don’t ask the questions we need to ask. We act as if we can handle things that we can’t handle, and we don’t seek the help that’s available. We act as if we’ve conquered things that we have not conquered, and we don’t reach out for help for the battle. It is all a failed quest for the self-congratulatory glory of independence.”
-New Morning Mercies, Paul David Tripp
Subscribe to our newsletter.
Learn more about LDI at ldi.hopecc.com and visit our podcast website at ldi.hopecc.com/podcast.
Thanks for listening! Please subscribe to or follow our show. We’d also love it if you’d leave a review, which will help us grow in our imperfect podcasting. Finally, send us any show ideas or recommendations for quotes of the week at [email protected].
Host & Guests
Paul Stiver
Naty Severson
Kaelyn Larson
Sound Engineer - Austin Sego
Technical support - Nolan Bauer
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