A great conversation came up recently at one of our Hera Hub events. We have a member who recently launched her consulting practice and needs to land her first couple contracts. She is fairly well networked in her industry, so it’s not as if she is starting from scratch. Her statement struck me,“I feel bad tapping my contacts for help.”

Why are women so bad at asking for help? Some women look at asking for help as a weakness. Others look at it like a debt. I recommend not thinking about it as “help,” but rather networking. Men do it all the time and don’t think twice about it!

Read the full article at Forbes.com.