Heidi Grant: How to ask for help -- and get a "yes"
هيدي غرانت: كيف تطلب المساعدة وتحصل على نعم كإجابة
Heidi Grant researches, writes and speaks about the science of motivation, influence and decision-making. Full bio
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is basically the worst, right?
تقوم به، أليس كذلك؟
on one of those top ten lists
تندرج ضمن إحدى قوائم
it actually belongs there.
مكانها إحدى هذه القوائم.
for us to be afraid to admit we need help,
أن نهاب الاعتراف بحاجتنا للمساعدة.
or a friend or from a coworker
أو صديق أو زميل عمل
uncomfortable and embarrassing
و بالإحراج
try to avoid asking for help
لتجنب طلب المساعدة
legions of fathers
through an alligator-infested swamp
مستنقع مليء بالتماسيح
getting back to the road.
على العودة للطريق.
we took a family vacation.
to Colonial Williamsburg.
إلى مستعمرة ويليامزبرغ.
for directions back to the highway,
أن يدله على الطريق السريع،
that we were not lost,
لم نته عن وجهتنا.
what was over here.
أن يعرف ماذا يوجد هنا.
practically every day --
ونقوم به عملياً كل يوم،
to get comfortable with it
بالارتياح كلما تقدمنا بطلب
that when you ask for help from someone,
من أحدهم،
to find it actually satisfying
بل في الحقيقة سيجدون الأمر مرضياً
to continue to help you into the future.
سيكونون متحفزين لمواصلة مساعدتك مستقبلاً.
and some of my colleagues have done
that sometimes people say yes
الذي يدفع في بعض الأحيان بالناس لقبول
from something that psychologists call
عليه علماء النفس أسم
and our feelings and our needs
إلا أننا نؤمن به.
waiting for someone to notice our needs
من أحد ما ملاحظة حاجياتنا
to help us with it.
بها من تلقاء أنفسهم.
to tell what your needs are,
ماهية حاجاتك فحسب،
often struggle to understand
يعانون لفهم
had to adopt a habit
هل أنت بحاجة إلى شيء ما؟"
when I need someone's help.
إلى المساعدة من أحد كلما استوجب الأمر.
much more, about helping
to expect other people to be.
to have to ask for it.
سيتوجب عليك طلبها.
can tell that you need help,
ما أنك بحاجة للمساعدة
to someone who, it turns out,
لم يطلب منك، واتضح فيما بعد
in the first place?
في المقام الأول؟
أليس كذلك؟
was getting dressed for school,
للمدرسة،
some unsolicited help about that.
بشأن ذلك.
in brighter colors.
تظهرها بمظهر مذهل.
more neutral tones.
المحايدة أكثر.
she could go back upstairs
a little less somber.
just spontaneously offering to help us
لكونهم لا يهبون لمساعدتنا تلقائياً
that that's what is wanted.
give one another in the workplace
زملاء العمل لبعضهم في أماكن العمل
to explicit requests for help.
the words "I need your help." Right?
" أنا بحاجة للمساعدتك"، أليس كذلك؟
help you when you ask for it,
تطلب ذلك،
that are very helpful to keep in mind.
مفيد جداً أخذها في عين الاعتبار.
about the help you want and why.
التي تحتاجها ولماذا.
نوع الطلبات الغير مباشرة
to the helper, right?
الذي سيساعدك، أليس كذلك؟
what it is you want from us,
منا،
we can be successful
ناجحين أم لا
some of these requests
تردكم بعض من هذه الطلبات
strangers on LinkedIn
"get together over coffee and connect"
من قبيل "أن نلتقي ونتجاذب أطراف الحديث"
literally every time.
what it is you want from me,
مني،
you're hoping that can I provide,
التي تأمل مني أن أقدمها لك
if they had just come out and said
عليه مني،
they were hoping to get from me,
محدد في أذهانهم.
something specific in mind.
في شركتك."
to work in your company,"
a joint research project
بحث مشترك
on getting into medical school."
لكلية الطب."
with that last one
باتجاه شخص يمكنه مساعدتك.
of someone who could.
apologies and bribes.
والرشاوي.
that I have to ask you for this."
بهذا."
without your help, I would."
لفعلته."
are so eager to prove
حريصون جداً لإثبات
when they ask your for help,
يطلبون المساعدة،
on how uncomfortable
to find it satisfying to help you
شيئاً مرضياً
having to ask me for help?
perfectly acceptable
بما يتعلق بتحفيز
when it comes to incentivizing
جزء طبيعي من تلك العلاقة.
a natural part of that relationship.
or payments into that,
أو الدفعات إلى ذلك،
like it isn't a relationship,
بأنها ليست علاقة،
is experienced as distancing,
less likely to help you.
أقل عرضة لمساعدتك.
شخص ما بمساعدتك
to show your appreciation and gratitude --
to help you move into your new apartment
مساعدتك للنقل لشقتك الجديدة
there's no alternative,
الإلكتروني والرسائل
over email and text
for us to do so.
عبر البريد والرسائل؟
less awkward over email and text?
research to support this.
احتمالية أكثر بالقبول
are 30 times more likely to get a yes
الإلكتروني.
and you really need someone's help,
المساعدة من أحد،
a really, really important one
that is most overlooked
for their help and they say yes,
ويقولوا نعم،
that what's rewarding about helping
حول تقديم المساعدة
is knowing that your help landed,
مساعدتك وصلت،
how my help affected you,
أثّرت عليك،
professor for many years,
لسنوات عدة،
of letters of recommendation
لكلية الدراسات العليا.
or to go into graduate school.
and effort I took to do that,
الذي أخذته لفعل ذلك،
if I helped you,
get the thing that you wanted?
of donor appeals are so, so persuasive --
مؤثرة للغاية
to really vividly imagine
is going to have.
بأسمه
the individual teacher by name
to be able to help
items they've requested,
التي طلبوها،
or flexible seating.
so easy for me to imagine
an immediate sense of effectiveness
بالتأثير
from the kids in the classroom.
من الأطفال في الصف.
that they made a difference.
to all be doing in our everyday lives,
في حياتنا اليومية،
to continue to give us help
بتقديم المساعدة لنا
that the help that they gave you
التي قدموها لك
that you were really hoping to get.
تأمل النجاح بها.
that the support they gave you
الذي قدّمته لك
to get through a tough time.
that for some reason,
anything while you were away,
شيئاً في غيابك،
a really good job.
جيداً جداً.
and modern life
have to rely on other people,
الاعتماد على الآخرين،
in order to be successful.
ask for it out loud.
بصوت مسموع
that increases your chances
بها بطريقة تسمح لك بزيادة فرصتك
feel awesome for having helped you,
بسبب مساعدته لك
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Heidi Grant - Social psychologistHeidi Grant researches, writes and speaks about the science of motivation, influence and decision-making.
Why you should listen
Dr. Heidi Grant is the Chief Science Officer for the Neuroleadership Institute, Associate Director of the Motivation Science Center at the Columbia University, and author of six best-selling books, including: Reinforcements: How to Get People to Help You, No One Understands You and What to Do About It and Nine Things Successful People Do Differently. In 2017, Grant was named one of Thinkers50's most influential management thinkers globally.
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