Many of the smartest people I have known have listened more than they spoke. And many of the strongest people I have known, freely enlist the help of many around them rather than going their difficulties on their own.
Any organization that requests status from team members will regularly notice how reluctant many are to voice their need for help. Ingrained in the American culture and others is a sense of self-reliance dating back as far as the Puritanism that permeated colonial times. There’s a sense that “I am stronger if I don’t need help and weak if I do.”
