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He Never Asked For My Help

Name: He Never Asked For My Help
Uploaded: 2025-11-10T01:01:08+00:00
Duration: 44 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this candid monologue, the speaker recounts a visit from a friend who had launched a business in a field familiar to the speaker. The friend never…

10 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this candid monologue, the speaker recounts a visit from a friend who had launched a business in a field familiar to the speaker. The friend never asked the speaker for assistance, ultimately closed the business, and explained that he wanted to own his failure entirely. The speaker condemns this mindset, arguing that true responsibility means doing everything possible to succeed, even if it requires asking many people for help. He emphasizes that accountability does not preclude seeking support; rather, it obligates one to leverage all resources to win.

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I just had a friend of mine who came out to visit me. He had started a business and it was in an industry that I know a lot about. Over that time period, he never once reached out to me for help. He ended up closing the business down. And so when he came out, I was like, dude, what the hell? And he said, if I was going to fail, I wanted it to be my own. I didn't want anyone else to kind of like have a part of that. I wanted to like, I wanted to own the outcome regardless. Like, I heard that and I just thought to myself, like, what a terrible way to see the world. My perspective is entirely different than that. Mine is I want to win no matter what. And if I need to ask for help from 100 fucking different people, it doesn't matter because it is my fault no matter what, whether I win or not. And so it's also my responsibility to do everything in my fucking power to win.