From: Entrepreneur
Feel Dumb Asking for Advice? You’ll Actually Appear More Competent.
September 15, 2014
Entrepreneur:
The fear of looking dumb is a nearly universal human emotion, one that often translates into a staunch refusal to seek advice. Because doing so is just an admission of incompetence, right?
Dead wrong, at least according to a series of studies by researchers from Harvard Business School and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, which finds that while most people hesitate to ask for advice out of a fear they’ll be judged poorly for it, the opposite is true: Ask someone for advice, and he or she is likely to view you as more competent.
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Alison Wood Brooks, who led the research team, answered a few questions for Entrepreneur.com about the study and its implications.
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