A bigger sign of weakness is not asking for advice or assistance from those with greater experience. Not only are you doing yourself a dis-service but you could harm your submissive if you attempt some things without proper training--blood play, rope work, fire are the biggest examples but there are plenty of other things that you won't learn from a book or porn site.

Post questions that you might have or search the forums to see if the question has been asked before. If you need a mentor, look around forums like these and see which Dominants/Tops give responses that you respect.