Ask for Help

If you are the kind of person who tends to take care of other people in your life, times of crisis may call for a role reversal. Consider these ideas:

• Don’t be afraid to let people know you need help, even it is just in the form of providing emotional support.
  
  
• Ask for something small if you are more comfortable. For example, “Would you be able to pick up a quart of milk on your way over?” Or, “Could you mail these letters for me on the way to the office?”
  
  
• Generally, people do like to be of help, when they can.
  
  
• Don’t assume someone is unavailable to be of help unless you ask him or her directly.
  
  
• You might be surprised at the unexpected ways in which people can show their love or concern when you let them.

Have some other ideas to share? Let us know your thoughts below.

More next week,

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