How wretched is the person who hangs on by the favors of the powerful.
Burn, Robert
We need the help of others to get things done. For the same reason, others also need our help. But many times we feel hesitant to seek help for the reason that we mistake ‘seeking help’ as ‘seeking a favour’. These two are different things.
When we seek help, it presupposes that the other person has the resource to help us without in anyway breaking any rule. For example we need coins for currency note and we go to a bank and request them to help us have the coins.
However, when we ask for a favour from someone, it means that we want something which we are not normally eligible and the other person should break some rule or exercise his discretion to satisfy our request. For example, our friend is in a position of power and authority to employ people and we approach him to hire us out of turn or ignoring a disqualification we have. This is asking for a favour!
We should ask for help any number of times. But we should think twice before asking for a favour since we may be embarrassing others!
Think of an occasion when you asked something from someone. Was it a request or a favour?
N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
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Burn, Robert
We need the help of others to get things done. For the same reason, others also need our help. But many times we feel hesitant to seek help for the reason that we mistake ‘seeking help’ as ‘seeking a favour’. These two are different things.
When we seek help, it presupposes that the other person has the resource to help us without in anyway breaking any rule. For example we need coins for currency note and we go to a bank and request them to help us have the coins.
We should ask for help any number of times. But we should think twice before asking for a favour since we may be embarrassing others!
Think of an occasion when you asked something from someone. Was it a request or a favour?
N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com
00000
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