This was one of the slides at my talk to the Bubbles & Inspiration audience last night. My point being that sometimes to get ahead in life you have to ask for things, even if it seems far too bold an ask. My example was when I was a secretary in an advertising agency in London I asked the Managing Director if he would pay for me to go on a creative writing course. It was a huge agency and he was a busy man. I knew I had no chance of this happening. But I asked anyway. And he said yes! Who would have thought? If I had not asked, I wonder where I would be today. On a different path for sure. So just ask. The worse that could happen is someone will say no.
At the end of my talk a lovely lady came up to me and asked if she could do my twelve month programme and, because I offered a money back guarantee, could she pay at the end of the twelve months? Of course I said no. But I loved that she asked. I knew that she’d been listening and there’s no harm in asking is there?
From the desk of liber8yourbusiness. Business mentors and experts in small business mentoring strategies. Based in Wellington, New Zealand.