Illustrating the Stoic lesson that asking for help is courageous, not a sign of weakness
"I love this kids' book, The Boy, the Fox, the Horse, and the Mole. And there's this great line in the book where it says, asking for help isn't giving up. Asking for help is refusing to give up."
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"Have you read The Boy, the Fox, the Horse, and the Mole? There's this great page. I think about it all the time. We actually have it framed on my wall of the house."
"There's a book I like to read my kids called The Boy, the Fox, the Horse, and the Mole. And he says something like, 'Asking for help isn't giving up. It's refusing to give up.'"