Asking for help at work is the subject of this Short video for people starting a new job, partnership or position. Are you humble enough to ask for help and to ask for help when it’s the right time? The full transcription and questions and answers follow the video.
This video first went up on YouTube on June 18, 2025. The written post was added on November 14, 2026.
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Why Does Asking for Help at Work Take Humility?
Asking for help at work can take humility, because many people in a new job, partnership or position may want to solve every problem by themselves, even when it is above their ability. Raising a problem the moment it comes up, instead of spinning your wheels, may allow you more authority with the people you work with and grow a better trust, in Loren Weisman’s view.
- Many people in a new job, partnership or position may try to solve every problem alone, even problems above their ability.
- His suggestion is to go to the person who assigned the work as soon as you hit a hitch or an issue.
- You can explain what you were assigned, what you worked on and the problem that came up, then ask what to do at this point.
- Spinning your wheels on a problem can make that problem bigger.
- Problem solving in humility may allow you more authority with the people you work with and grow a better trust.
Asking for Help at Work: The Full Transcription
Solving Every Problem by Yourself
Are you humble enough to ask for help and to ask for help when it’s the right time? My name is Loren Weisman. I’m a brand communications and optics strategist. And there’s a theme with many where when they get into a new job or a new partnership or a new position, that they want to solve every problem by themselves, even if it’s above their ability.
Don’t be that person. If it’s above your ability. The moment that you run into a hitch, an issue or something, go to what, whoever and say, this is what you assigned me to do.
Showing Your Humility When a Problem Comes Up
This is what you wanted me to do. I worked on this. Here’s the problem that’s come up by sharing that when it happens, by showcasing your humility, by asking, okay, so what do I do at this point?
As opposed to spinning your wheels and making that problem bigger? Your ability to problem solve in humility may allow you that much more authority with the people that you’re working with and grow a better trust.
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Questions and Answers
When is the right time to ask for help at work?
The right time to ask for help at work can be the moment you run into a hitch or an issue that is above your ability. Waiting and spinning your wheels may make the problem bigger, while raising it early can show humility.
How do you ask for help with an assigned task?
Asking for help with an assigned task can start with going to the person who assigned it and laying out what you were asked to do, what you worked on and the problem that came up. The next step can be asking plainly what to do at this point, sharing the problem when it happens instead of spinning your wheels.
Does asking for help at work make you look weak?
Asking for help at work may give you more authority rather than less, in Loren Weisman’s view. Problem solving in humility can grow a better trust with the people you work with than spinning your wheels alone.
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Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist who specializes in illuminating authoritative intelligence and amplifying authentic experts.
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