We talked for a while about what was making them uncomfortable, and then I issued a collective task: at least one time over the following twenty-four hours, each of them had to ask for help. Ask for creative input, I told them. Ask for help unloading your car. Ask for an afternoon walk. Ask for advice about a problem. I didn’t care what they asked for; I just wanted them to practice asking. Ask until asking no longer makes you cringe. That advice might just save your life someday, so I’ll repeat it for you here: ask until asking no longer makes you cringe. Ask, and ask, and ask.
