People, are You REALLY Helping?

I admit it, I am BOSSY (feels so strange typing that!!!). I have a really bad habit of stepping in to help people BEFORE they ever ask me for help. I feel like if I have or know something and I think someone needs it, it’s the right thing to do to step in and help them. It wasn’t until I had a conversation with a person who I respect very much, that I realized that my “helping” could come across a bit insulting. Some people take it as me not trusting in their ability to get things, or, that I feel I can do it better than they can so I just do it, as opposed to giving them the space to handle their own business. Now it was never my intention to hurt or insult people, but like they say “communication is the response you get” so I am working on it. Here are a few things that I took away from my conversation.