#593: All You Have to Do Is Ask

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Are you feeling overwhelmed at work? Trying to find a job, but can't seem to get your foot in the door? Have you been knocking your head against a problem over and over again, but haven't made any headway on it? My guest today says you can solve most of these issues by simply asking for help. His name is Wayne Baker, he's a sociologist, consultant, and the author of the book All You Have to Do Is Ask: How to Master the Most Important Skill for Success. We begin our conversation discussing what the research says are the benefits of asking for help and why people are nevertheless so reluctant to do it. Wayne then provides insights on how to overcome those obstacles in asking for help, the best way to formulate an ask so that it actually gets a response, and how to handle rejection. We then turn to Wayne's research on how organizations can benefit from creating a culture of help-seeking and what you can do within the organizations you belong to to foster such a culture. Get the show notes at aom.is/ask.

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0:00.0	The Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.
0:11.1	Are you feeling overwhelmed at work trying to find a job but can't seem to get your foot
0:14.5	in the door?
0:15.5	I've been knocking your head against a problem over and over again but haven't made any
0:18.8	headway on it.
0:19.8	My guest today says you can solve most of those issues by simply asking for help.
0:24.0	His name is Wayne Baker, his sociologist consulted in the author of the book, all you
0:27.4	have to do is ask.
0:28.6	He had a master's most important skill for success.
0:31.3	We begin our conversation discussing what the research says are the benefits of asking
0:34.6	for help and why people are nevertheless so reluctant to do it.
0:38.2	Wayne then provides insights on how to overcome those obstacles and asking for help, the best
0:41.8	way to formulate an ask so it actually gets a response and how to handle rejection.
0:45.6	We then turn to Wayne's research on how organizations can benefit from creating a culture of help
0:49.5	seeking and what you can do within the organization you belong to, the foster such a culture.
0:53.8	Out of the shows over, check out our show notes at aam.is slash ask.
1:05.8	Wayne Baker, welcome to the show.
1:07.9	Thank you, Brett.
1:08.9	Glad to be here.
1:09.9	You got a new book out.
1:10.9	All you have to do is ask how to master the most important skill for success.
1:15.1	We'll get you thinking and writing about the benefits of asking for help in your career
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