Hope and Asking for Help EP 27

Why is it so hard for us to admit we need help now and then? Is it a woman thing? I don't think so. I know plenty of men who would rather struggle for hours on something before asking for help. It may be a bit of an American thing. After all, part of being an American is the belief that we can do anything, accomplish anything if we just try hard enough. But we know that effort alone isn't always enough. This concept has always frustrated me. I'm willing to work hard and learn new things, take risks, fail and try again, but there comes a time when the right thing to do (air quotes) is to let someone else do what I cannot or at minimum ask for help.