Make Money Online “How to”

Actually this title should be, “The secret to getting more of what you want and less of what you don’t.”

The funny thing is this isn’t really a big secret.  It’s actually in front of you all the time.   In fact if you watch a child you’ll see it in action all the time.  At some point in our life, this skill becomes a secret and over time we forget it. So you want to know what the secret is?

Okay, here it is… “Just ask”

That’s it, I’m not kidding.  At some point our lives were all taught it’s not polite to ask.  Or that we shouldn’t be doing it.  It doesn’t really matter why, or how this ability is taken from us.  The fact is we all seem to lose track of this as we move from childhood to adults.

Then the worst thing that could possibly happens, starts to take over.  We get this self talk in our head, that keeps telling us we can’t do that anymore.  It’s time to start ignoring that self talk, and making more things happen for you and those around you that you care for.

Now there is a counterbalancing question that you need to ask as well.  Just like in carpentry, over time as you use a saw it will become dull and less effective.  If all you do is ask for things that over time this tool becomes less effective. So to keep this saw sharp, you also have to keep asking another question.  And that one is, “How can I help you?”

So, to summarize, there are two rules I learned to live by, and I have to believe I’ve gotten much further in my life by using and living by these tools and if I had not.

The first rule is “The answer is always ‘No!’ until you ask.”  If you never ask, it is you, that is saying no not the person you were going to ask.  By asking the question, you now have  improve your chances of getting yes by 50%.

The second rule is “Watch for others who are asking for a yes.” this can come in a way of someone asking you to pay back a favor or it can give you the opportunity of “paying it forward.”  That is to return someone else’s kindness by being kind to someone new.

So keep these two rules in mind, and over the next couple days try to find opportunities to use both rules and discover the difference it’ll make in your life.

All the best,

Harry