Failure to Follow Through or Follow Up

Those who offer help never know what happened. Following up closes the loop. 

It lets your helpers know the impact they’ve made. Doing so generates positive emotions and increases the chances your helpers will help you again.

When we clearly ask for what we need, graciously accept offers, express gratitude for them, follow through and follow up, our actions create positive emotions that energize the giving-receiving cycle.

Failure to clearly and explicitly ask for what you need is a common reason why people don’t help.

In many research and practice, most people are willing to help, but they don’t know what you need and can’t help until you tell them. An effec...