needed.” Some of us do wear ‘signs’ on our faces where others can easily tell when we are discouraged or weary. (And, hopefully, our colleagues respond to our indirect requests for help.) But many people are harder to read—they don’t say much and have rather non-expressive facial expressions. And some of us are not especially talented at picking up clues sent out by others. They may be clearly communicating their distress, but we are missing the signals.