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Topic: Asking for help
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Thu 06/11/09 07:03 AM
Are you one of those who will ask for help when you need it? Or, do you not like to admit that you can't or don't know how to do something?

I am talking about in a work situation, but I guess this could be in any type of situation.

ledi180's photo
Thu 06/11/09 07:05 AM
Work related - I don't hesitate to ask for help. Outside that, I'm pretty stubborn and self sufficient.flowerforyou

Jules0565's photo
Thu 06/11/09 07:06 AM
I try to complete things myself, best that I can.. if help is needed, I wait until the very last minute. I hate feeling weak, but sometimes you just have to ask. ohwell

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Thu 06/11/09 07:07 AM
That's a problem I see at work. So many people hesitate to ask for help. Perhaps it's because they feel weak. But, it ends up causing more problems because they wait until the last minute, or don't ask at all.

Jules0565's photo
Thu 06/11/09 07:08 AM

That's a problem I see at work. So many people hesitate to ask for help. Perhaps it's because they feel weak. But, it ends up causing more problems because they wait until the last minute, or don't ask at all.


This is very true.

graysteed's photo
Thu 06/11/09 07:10 AM
it is not knowing how to get it done , as much as know where to go to complet the task!

i am a maintance mechanic in a mechine shop , # 1 is geting the equment back on line so production is runing !

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Thu 06/11/09 07:12 AM
I know quite a bit about computers, more than the average person, but I have a buddy that's a Tech. He gets calls from me when I'm flustered.
I have eight hard drives hooked up to my computer. I did that alone. When I just bought a 40 inch tv, and wanted to hook it up to my monitor, so I could watch media from my pc on my tv- he did that.

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Thu 06/11/09 07:12 AM
Help me , help you!

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Thu 06/11/09 07:13 AM
I've always been the designated counselor/advisor/therapist for everybody I know. Been that way since I was a kid, really.

It is difficult for me to ask anyone for help, though. Partly because the problems I do have are not the kinds of things I could easily explain to someone, and partly because there is no one to ask.


PATSFAN's photo
Thu 06/11/09 07:14 AM
I ask for help, that's how you learn!

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Thu 06/11/09 07:24 AM
I would ask if I needed help

but I've never needed it yet

beachbum069's photo
Thu 06/11/09 07:26 AM
I work alone so I ask myself for help all the time.

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Thu 06/11/09 07:27 AM

I ask for help, that's how you learn!


I agree. :thumbsup:

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Thu 06/11/09 07:29 AM
I learned not to try to be so stoic and now I do not hesitate to ask for help, even if it means I look dumb. Screw it all, screw the ones who don't want to look dumb. They're usually too chicken to ask is what I've come to learn.

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Thu 06/11/09 07:32 AM

I've always been the desugnated counselor/advisor/therapist for everybody I know. Been that way since I was a kid, really.

It is difficult for me to ask anyone for help, though. Partly because the problems I do have are not the kinds of things I could easily explain to someone, and partly because there is no one to ask.




noway
you ok dude?

As far as the asking for help thing, I'm used to doing what's needed by myself and yet, I have no problem helping anyone else. I think it's a matter of childhood carrying over into adulthood.

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Thu 06/11/09 07:34 AM

I learned not to try to be so stoic and now I do not hesitate to ask for help, even if it means I look dumb. Screw it all, screw the ones who don't want to look dumb. They're usually too chicken to ask is what I've come to learn.


At my job, I've learned to not worry if someone thinks a question is dumb. There's one guy who refused to ever ask for help, because he thought it made him look stupid. Though, never asking for help caused so many problems for him and others that it made him look much worse. I have to train a team at work and I constantly stress that if they have a question, it's much better to ask than to guess.

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Thu 06/11/09 07:36 AM

I work alone so I ask myself for help all the time.



Your phone blows up from people at work asking you for help!!

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Thu 06/11/09 07:38 AM


I work alone so I ask myself for help all the time.



Your phone blows up from people at work asking you for help!!

frustrated frustrated frustrated

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Thu 06/11/09 07:39 AM
I'm pretty good at making my job up as I go.

tanyaann's photo
Thu 06/11/09 07:40 AM
Luckily at where I work now, its a team effort. So if there needs to be claification or a kink worked out... we all do it together, if we can't do it on our own.

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