Career Advice: Admit You Need Help, Build Your Strengths

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serious about building a career, you'll not be afraid toNone of this is to suggest that it is always easy to
ask for help. No one expects you to have all of theask for help. Admitting a shortcoming tramples a bit
answers.on the ego.
Never be afraid to admit you need help and then askWhen you need to help to correct a mistake, admit
for it. Many careerists, otherwise smart and capable,it promptly and waste no time waiting to reach out
hamstring themselves by believing they lose face iffor help. Nobody is perfect. You have a right to
they say, "Hey, I don't understand this problem,make a few mistakes. If you act promptly, there is
much less what to do about it. Please help me."usually time to correct the situation. It is well to heed
Career Tip: Asking for help is not a sign of weakness.Confucius who declared, "Be not ashamed of
It is just the opposite; it is a sign of strength andmistakes and thus make them crimes."
maturity. When you ask for help, you are paying aIf you are working for a boss who doesn't accept
compliment to the one you ask. You are saying, "Youthis premise, you are in a relationship that doesn't
know something I don't know. I trust you."bode well for your career path.
Everyone likes to be asked to help. It's the rare