# How to ask for help -- and get a "yes"

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Salon Brightline Initiative
- Speaker: Heidi Grant
- Year: 2019
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Psychology and the brain, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/heidi_grant_how_to_ask_for_help_and_get_a_yes)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Asking for help is tough. But to get through life, you have to do it all the time. So how do you get comfortable asking? In this actionable talk, social psychologist Heidi Grant shares four simple rules for asking for help and getting it -- while making the process more rewarding for your helper, too.

## Lectures

1. [How to ask for help -- and get a "yes"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/heidi_grant_how_to_ask_for_help_and_get_a_yes/601a54451baf), 12 min (TED's player)