Life · FORTUNE
Fortune #09
Good fortune
Accepting suitable help need not make you a burden. Name one manageable task another person can share.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“โดยทั่วไปแล้ว คุณจะมีความอ่อนน้อมถ่อมตนได้ก็ต่อเมื่อคุณรู้สึกดีกับตัวเองจริงๆ และต้องการช่วยเหลือคนรอบข้างให้รู้สึกดีกับตัวเองด้วยเช่นกัน”
— เคลย์ตัน คริสเตนเซน
นักวิชาการด้านธุรกิจชาวอเมริกัน ผู้พัฒนาแนวคิดนวัตกรรมพลิกตลาด
- Person
- Clayton Christensen
- Source work
- Christensen (2011) in: Harvard Business Review (2011) HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself. p. 12
- Source text
- Generally, you can be humble only if you feel really good about yourself — and you want to help those around you feel really good about themselves.
STORY & REFLECTION
The bag someone offered to carry
Guidance-based illustration · The bag someone offered to carry
Illustrative scene: After moving, someone tells everyone, “I can handle it,” though book boxes still block the hallway. A friend asks again what would help.
They ask for help moving two heavy boxes. The friend has only half an hour, which is enough. The job remains, but the path clears and no one has to carry everything alone.
The NIH social wellness guide recommends listening, expressing needs honestly, and setting respectful boundaries. Connection does not require agreeing to every request.
A specific request makes another person's kindness usable.
Reflection
Accepting help is not weakness.
A small action today
Accept one appropriate offer of help.
A question to reflect on
Who offered help, and what did you automatically say?