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postcardprincess's review against another edition
5.0
Great suggestions, now to actually implement them.
lovetoread18's review against another edition
4.0
When requesting help, be specific, concise, emphasize the helper's impact and offer to follow up afterwards so they know the results of their assistance.
evakbreitenbach's review against another edition
1.0
Read this in about 90 minutes and found it pretty uninsightful.
mobilisinmobili's review against another edition
4.0
Really interesting primer on how hard it is to ask for help and strategies around that.
tpanik's review against another edition
3.0
Full of insight, explanations, and instruction on how to succeed at asking for, and receiving, help. This will destroy your assumptions about vulnerability in the best possible way.
snowcrash's review
3.0
Another short book on an interesting topic that I came across at the Library. This time around about the science of asking and giving help to others. We all like helping, but not always. Or that by not helping we feel sick.
The author leads us through why we shy away from asking for help, even though more often than not you can get the help you are seeking. She also gives examples of how to ask and how not to. Simple methods that can tap into the inherit desire to help without making it weird or uncomfortable for the other person.
This is a book that you can get through in a day, but spend several more thinking about it. While not exciting, it was interesting and gave me some pointers to try. I see it as a combination of getting over my own anxiety of asking and to place the request in the right frame, allowing the giver of help the flexibility on how to respond. Small tweaks, but the described outcome could be wholly different.
The author leads us through why we shy away from asking for help, even though more often than not you can get the help you are seeking. She also gives examples of how to ask and how not to. Simple methods that can tap into the inherit desire to help without making it weird or uncomfortable for the other person.
This is a book that you can get through in a day, but spend several more thinking about it. While not exciting, it was interesting and gave me some pointers to try. I see it as a combination of getting over my own anxiety of asking and to place the request in the right frame, allowing the giver of help the flexibility on how to respond. Small tweaks, but the described outcome could be wholly different.
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