Why Asking for Help Is a Surprisingly Powerful Business Skill

You build connections and get valuable information, even when you don’t get what you ask for

Cara Cannella
Marker
Published in
6 min readFeb 12, 2020

--

A photo of a businessman raising his help to ask a question in a work setting.
Photo: Morsa Images/Getty Images

IfIf you’ve ever felt uncomfortable making a request, Ralph Waldo Emerson might be to blame. In his classic 1841 essay “Self-Reliance,” he laid the foundation for an American philosophy centered on…

--

--

Cara Cannella
Marker
Writer for

Connecting people & ideas. Brooklyn-based Editorial Consultant, Tutor, Writer, Editor.