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EPISODE · May 21, 2024 · 22 MIN

How to get over the fear of asking for help

from The First Two Years · host The Ken

What’s the best way to ask for help? Many common, intuitive thinking around asking for help are often huge misconceptions and quite unproductive. Host Akshaya Chandrasekaran digs into the science of why so many of us are willing to offer help but reluctant to ask for it, learns what makes some people better at it than others, and busts lasting myths around what prevents us from unlocking the true benefits of asking for help. This episode features author and professor Wayne Baker, and co-founder and CEO of Home Lane, Srikanth Iyer. You can listen to Daybreak's special episode here. If you have a career question you want us to cover? Tell us. You can email her at [email protected]. This episode was written, hosted, and produced by Akshaya Chandrasekaran with audio engineering by Rajiv CN. The First Two Years is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive business stories, deeply-reported newsletters, and a whole lot of stuff. 

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