What did you ASK for?

…Steve Jobs identified what Separates Achievers From Those Who don’t …

Excerpt from Full article at INC Magazine

Steve Jobs believed in the power of asking.

I’ve never found anybody that didn’t want to help me […] if I asked them for help …

I called up Bill Hewlett when I was 12 years old. “Hi, I’m Steve Jobs. I’m 12 years old. I’m a student in high school. I want to build a frequency counter, and I was wondering if you have any spare parts I could have.” He laughed, and he gave me the spare parts, and he gave me a job that summer at Hewlett-Packard … and I was in heaven.

I’ve never found anyone who said no or hung up the phone when I called. I just asked. And when people ask me, I try to be responsive, to pay that debt of gratitude back.

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Granted, it’s often not easy to ask for help. Asking can make you feel insecure. Asking can make you feel vulnerable.

You show respect.

..You’ve said, “You can do what I can’t.” You’ve said, …

You show trust. …

… you implicitly … that you trust the other person with that knowledge.

You show you’re willing to listen….
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You get more — a lot more.

And so do other people, because they gain a true sense of satisfaction and pride that comes from being shown the respect and trust they – and everyone – deserve…