What have you been wanting for months that you haven’t asked for yet?

It might be a client, a collaboration, a spot on someone’s podcast, a seat in a room you’ve been eyeing up, a higher price or a bit of help. And I’d bet you’ve already got the reasons lined up for why now isn’t the right time.

In this episode of Simple Business Dream Life I’m talking about the gap between wanting something and asking for it, and why so much of what holds a business back sits right there.

In this episode I cover:

• Why we don’t ask, and the thoughts that sound very sensible when they’re running around in your head
• Why waiting for someone to invite you feels polite but can take years
• My own story of being shy, rubbish at small talk and a cope on your own kind of person
• What’s actually at stake when you ask, and why the maths changes when you look at it
• The not yet, and why a no today can turn into a yes in 6 months
• How to ask for a podcast guest spot, a collaboration, the sale, help, testimonials and referrals, and a higher price
• How to ask well: being specific, making it easy to say yes, saying why them and leaving room for a no
• Why the fortune is in the follow up, and how to do it without feeling like you’re chasing

This episode is for you if you’ve been wanting something for months and haven’t asked for it. If you wait to be noticed, or you go quiet at the moment it matters. If a no feels like a verdict on you. If you’d love a few more yeses in your business without having to be someone you’re not.

If you don’t ask, you don’t get. So ask.

Key takeaways

• If you ask and they say no, you’re exactly where you were before. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no
• The people who get the opportunities aren’t more qualified than you. They asked
• Waiting to be invited can take years, because people can’t invite you if you’re not on their radar
• Be specific, make it easy to say yes and leave room for a no
• Silence usually means busy, not no. The fortune is in the follow up
• Treat a no as information, not a verdict on who you are

This week’s action

Pick one thing you’ve been wanting and haven’t asked for. Write down who you’d need to ask, what exactly you’d say and how you’d make it easy for them to say yes. Then send it today, before the reasons you’ve lined up have time to talk you out of it.

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