Asking for Support

Someone recently asked me what I lessons I have learned as I look back on my career. I thought about his question and realized that I would have asked for more mentoring and even emotional support.

Many of us think that we have to go it on our own. Even during adversity, we think we have to buck up and pick ourselves up by the bootstraps. I felt that way and as a consequence didn’t reach out to others more experienced than me to benefit from their support and counsel, particularly in my c...