Just Ask

 Day 8 of the Blog-a-Thon

Ever feel like you should be able to do something. That You KNOW it is possible, yet no matter how hard you try, it just doesn’t work for you?

Just ask

I have a friend, Kimberly Delcoco,  who reminds me to do this often.

In working on my blog I came across a video I wanted to share and share my thoughts about. I tried and tried to embed this video. I looked for known issues and resolutions. I spent a ton of time looking for an answer.

All along, I knew my answer meant asking for help, and I don’t like to ask for help.  (I did ask for help from @eppand)  But you know in life, we are surrounded by people, some of whom are smarter than us and some who just excel in different areas of knowledge than us.

We forget that they have abilities and skills that might just be able to save us hours of frustration.  Very often people like to know that their particular skill set is needed and useful. So next time you are beating your head against the computer… don’t forget to ask. (Even asking people you don’t know. This is a great example of a way to use twitter to learn. )

What have you needed help with but were afraid to ask?

2 Replies to “Just Ask”

  1. Always a great reminder.

    Like most of us these days, I’ve become a professional life-hacker of sorts by finding work arounds to everything. Most of the time that included finding folks that knew answers to things I didn’t.

    Another big thing to keep in mind is that it’s super important to reciprocate or at least make yourself available when the person who helped eventually needs help themselves.

    Happy Blog-A-thon! 🙂

    -dave

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