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Learning to not go it alone: Why is it so hard to ask for help?
There are costs to this idea that dependence on others is a sign of weakness
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The modern definition of success involves people going it alone, rather than depending on others for help. But is this really the sort of society we want?
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I lost sight of my five-year-old at a playground recently – he runs around a lot and is difficult to track. When I found him, he was eating grapes.
These were not his grapes. I was in possession of his snack. And since this playground was in Paya Lebar and not, say Burgundy, these were also not wild grapes. These grapes were in a Tupperware being held by another boy’s grandfather.
