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Overcome your fear of asking questions

Overcome your fear of asking questions

From the course: What to Do When You’re New (Blinkist Summary)

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Overcome your fear of asking questions

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- [Instructor] Blink number five, get comfortable faster by overcoming your fear of asking questions. To become a swiftly integrated newbie, you'll need to get information, help and advice from others. The problem is this is precisely the time when you're most reluctant to ask questions. Why is this? Well, when asking a question, we often experience an irrational fear. We tend to overestimate the possibility of being refused when asking for help, worrying that others are going to judge us or think us in competent. Fortunately, there are some simple rules you can follow when asking questions that can help you assuage these irrational fears. People often appreciate questions if you approach them with an "I want to learn" mindset as opposed to a "solve my problem" one. The first attitude gives people the impression that you want to do something yourself but just don't yet know how. The second one basically says that you…

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