January 30, 2009

How to Ask What You Want

There is a special knowledge about how to request and get what we want or need. Here are five things that I often to do asking for what I want or what I need, including: 
  1. Ask as if we will get it. Ask with a positive expectation. Ask from the place where we have already given. Ask as if we will get the answer of Yes. 
  2. Assume that we can. Don’t start with the presumption that we cannot obtain. 
  3. Ask to someone who capable. Find people who can and have something we need. 
  4. Be clear and specific. Unclear request give unclear results. Our demand must be specific. 
  5. Ask repeatedly. One of the most important principles of success is perseverance, do not give up. 
Putting in our mind, there will be a lot of rejection along the way, and the key is “do not give up”. When someone still does not answer anything, we must continue to ask.