the 4 most valuable words for your life and career #careeradvice

7 Aug 2025 · 1 min

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Two speakers argue the four most valuable words are "how can I help?" Instead of selling yourself, ask what problems people are trying to solve, then offer specific skills that address those challenges. This builds genuine connections and creates opportunities faster than self-promotion.

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The 4 most valuable words are, how can I help? Just over the course of getting to Nike and just getting yourself out of comfortability, because I'm sure it was uncomfortable.
Here's what I found. This is applicable for anybody in either your professional or personal life. The 4 most valuable words that I have found are, how can I help? Here are the few skills that I have. Can any of them be helpful to you? A lot of people think that you need to be talking the whole time trying to sell to someone, and really you need to be asking questions about what are you going through? What are you trying to solve? What are the biggest problems you're dealing with? And I think for people who are trying to get jobs, Asking teams sometimes what they're trying to solve and what are their biggest problems can then allow you to be— take shorter time to then explain how you could help add to that. 'Cause the sun's so shining.