APX-V-0007
“Someone in my life is being taken advantage of and won't ask for help.”
Not asking for help is not the same as not needing it. Some people don't ask because they've learned asking doesn't work. If you see it and you have capacity, you don't need an invitation.
Your Practice
Reach out to this person today. Say specifically what you see: "I've noticed things seem hard. I'm here." Then stop talking and let them lead. Your job is to open the door, not to drag them through it. Show up. Then show up again.
The Architects
“The most important thing I've accomplished, other than building the compiler, is training young people. They come to me, you know, and say, 'Do you think we can do this?' I say, 'Try it.' And I back 'em up.”
Grace Hopper, Interview in Particular Passions: Talks with Women Who Have Shaped Our Times by Lynn Gilbert and Gaylen Moore (1981; reissued 2012 as Particular Passions: Grace Murray Hopper)