THE LEVEL UP LETTER

Hi All!
Here is your weekly Level Up Letter.
This week we’re talking about asking for what you want. 

We hope you enjoy, and ask that you please share it with someone this week.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

ASKERS vs GUESSERS

⁣There is a divide in our culture among “Askers” and “Guessers”. Neither is right or wrong but when the two come together it can cause serious frustration.

In Ask culture, people are straightforward and are taught growing up that you should ask for the thing that you want. They are genuinely ok with getting a “no” but find it perfectly acceptable to ask. Sometimes without thinking through how that ask will be perceived.

Guess culture takes a much more subtle approach. Guessers want to be comfortable and more sure of their answers. They’ll throw out little suggestions towards what they want, hoping they’ll either get an offer without having to ask or enough certainty to know they’ll get a “yes” when they do. They’re typically afraid of “no” or feel like they are inconveniencing someone.

The rub comes when these two meet. Guessers are usually offended by the audacious nature of askers. Can you believe they asked me to do xx? Guessers also tend to believe in social capital. Meaning, if they use their favor, they’ve tapped out of that account. Askers believe that the more you ask, the more you connect, the better off everyone is.

In our opinion, there is a time and place for both approaches. Having awareness of a situation and using subtlety can take you far but at the end of the day you have to be willing to ask for what you want. You might be surprised by how willing people are to help. Which one do you most identify as?

F#&%ING ASK FOR IT

We can’t count the number of successful people that have said this exact same thing over and over. Steve Jobs, Oprah, Sarah Blakely, Tim Ferriss, Noah Kagan, Serena Williams and on and on and on.

Yet, so many of us would rather go through life with the pain of fear and the comfort of not being rejected, than just asking for what it is we truly want. And the potential to live a happier, more fulfilled life. Are you going to let that fear stop you?

What’s the thing you want? Who do you need help from?

Ask for it. No, seriously. You can stop reading this right now if you ask for exactly what you want, right now. We dare you.

OUR ASK(s) TO YOU

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