Why I Trust People Who Ask for Help
It sounds backwards, but it is one of the more reliable instincts I have developed over the years: I trust people who ask for help more than people who never do. For a long time I assumed the opposite. I figured the person who handled everything alone, who never seemed to need anything, was the […]
The Advice I Ignore, and Why You Might Want To Also
“Fake It Till You Make It” I understand the intent: act confident, and the competence will follow. But in practice, faking is a fragile strategy. People can tell, eventually, and the moment they catch you performing an expertise you do not actually have, you lose the one thing worth more than any skill: their trust. […]