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Seeking someone in times of need.

How ever delicate it may be. No matter how dependent it might feel in the moment, seeking help is the surest way to have good alternatives.

When we seek help, we recognize the boundaries beyond which our efforts will not yield the desired outcomes. It indicates the acceptance of our limitations. 

It is also a sign that we are open enough to recognize that others can hold better knowledge and thus are better people to partner with and steer us out of our situation.

And so you embark on your search for the right person to seek help from. What if you encountered someone unempathetic? 

Someone insensitive, wreckless, and uncaring can quickly destroy our confidence that we can rely on people and bail ourselves out of critical situations. 

The bad news is this, too, can happen. The better one is we still stand a chance with anyone we encounter like this.

Networking is a tool to reach those who fall within our reach, those from whom we get influenced, or those we do so ourselves!

Networking with people is all about finding a way to get past the roadblocks in our surroundings that stall us and doing so effortlessly and with all our might until we find people who offer us the olive branch. 

Networking is also about finding people who thrive with our support.

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