"There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up" - John Holmes

Both in our personal and professional lives, we are blessed with opportunities to help others. The help we render may look different in each situation but the action is the same. When we assist another, we remove a load from this person and place it on ourselves. Whether that load be physical, mental or emotional it carries with it a weight. This weight may be negligible by itself but when compounded by others, it can begin to overburden the person who offered to help. As someone who has felt this overwhelm before and has been hurt by the help I offered, I've learnt that it is important to help others but it is essential safeguard yourself. So essential, that not doing this could actually lead to you getting fired ! Well that's what happened to me at least. In this episode I'll be sharing two experiences where I felt the hard consequences of overloading myself in an attempt to help and yes, one of them is the story of the first time I ever got fired from a job.