The Most Powerful Negotiation Tool
As simple as three letters, “ASK” is one of the most powerful negotiation tool that you can have. Although this is a very simple word but this potent negotiating tool can be your most remarkable persuasion tool that you will ever have – because the largest impediment that we establish comes from our personal degree of self-esteem.
We build our own inner barriers for success in the form of self-doubt. We sometimes convince our own selves that we don’t have the capacity to achieve something. We doubt ourselves and our capacity to excel by assuming negative ideas and emotions even before we get to ask for that something that we want.
Yes, rejection hurts. Human as we are, we try to avoid rejections because it is agonizing and embarrassing. And most of us would simply choose to stay away from possible rejections – making sure that we stay on the safe side. We justify this walking away by convincing ourselves that if someone wanted us to have that something, they would have had offered it to us, right?
No. Think about this: do you know why that something was not offered to you? Most probably because you didn’t’ ask for it. It was not given to you because perhaps, they didn’t know it was what you wanted. Let’s say that the girl of your dreams may not wake up thinking about dating you; or your boss may not wake up in giving you another raise. You see, what‘s important for you may not be important to other people UNLESS you bring this important things to their attention!
There’s no need to dread rejection. If you examine the situation, what do you lose if you get rejected? If the girl of your dreams turned down your proposal, then you didn’t lose anything. You didn’t have her before and you don’t have her now. Not much of a change in there.
Remember to “ask and you shall receive.” There are various opportunities that fly past us every day. Highly-successful people ask to get hold of as many opportunities as possible. The rule is: if you want something, ask for it. If you don’t ask then you will never have whatever it is that you want but if you dare to ask, you might have a chance of having that something.
You have nothing to lose, so just ask.
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