Asking for help with shame says: You have the power over me.

Asking with condescension says: I have the power over you.

But asking for help with gratitude says: We have the power to help each other.

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The Art of Asking: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help

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Those who can ask without shame are viewing themselves in collaboration with—rather than in competition with—the world