TL;DR:
Self-reliance matters, but asking for help can often turn good work into great work. It saves time, builds trust, and strengthens the movement. In this short post, I recommend a few ways you can ask for help in your work and community.

At a recent leadership gathering, we were discussing how many of us have too many tasks on our plates. Someone said something that stuck with me:
“Ask your team for help. They want to help you and the org succeed.”

It hit home. In leadership and entrepreneurship, we often mistake competence for independence.

When I was asked for my top tip for new charity founders, I said a similar thing:
“Learn to ask for help. Don’t reinvent the wheel.”

Self-reliance gets us far. It's what drives many of us to push through exhaustion and figure things out alone. I still [...]

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https://notingthemargin.substack.com/p/maybe-ask-for-help-more

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