Knowing yourself includes knowing when you need help. That’s not weak. That’s accurate.

Asking for help is a measurement, not a surrender. Telling the difference between something you can push through and something you cannot is accuracy about your own limits, and that accuracy keeps you from losing a month to what could have taken an afternoon. The people who look most capable usually ask earlier than everybody else, which is often why they look capable.

Name what you are stuck on and ask one specific question of one specific person this week. Specific matters: not help with everything, but this part, this problem, this decision. If it is bigger than a question, say so to somebody who can do something about it.