15-minute rule

An idea about when to ask others for help, made famous by Google Brain’s adoption of it.KnowledgeSharingOrganizationalTheory

When you are stuck on something, first try to solve it yourself for 15 minutes. Then, after 15 minutes, ask someone else for help.

15 min rule: when stuck, you HAVE to try on your own for 15 min; after 15 min, you HAVE to ask for help.- Brain AMA

• Include the rest of the story: “When you are stuck on something, first try to solve it yourself for 15 minutes. Then, after 15 minutes, ask others for help. Because not doing the former is a waste of other people’s time, and not asking for help is a waste of your own.”

• Source:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanhoucke/

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