Asking for Help. Step two: watch this video

"Through the very act of asking people, I connected with

 them. And when you connect with them, people want to 

help you. It’s kind of counterintuitive for a lot of artists--
they don't want to ask for things. It’s not easy to ask…

Asking makes you vulnerable... The perfect tools aren't 

going to help us if we can't face each other and 

give and receive fearlessly, but more important, 

to ask without shame." Amanda Palmer

There is more here from her TED presentation:
http://www.ted.com/talks/amanda_palmer_the_art_of_asking.html