Progress Baby, Progress

My cognitive therapist tells me she thinks "a person who asks for help is stronger than a person who tries to do too much."  I might be quoting her wrong, but I take huge issue with this belief.  I think that the only way society progresses is  when one person tries, or a collection of people try, to do "too much".  As a society, I think we need to keep trying different things or we'd cease to progress.  I understand the value of understanding ones limitations, but we need to keep trying new things to redefine the limit.  As a generalization, I think people ask for help too much.