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What Makes People Like You & The Power and Benefits of Asking for What You Need

Something You Should Know

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Don't Ask - You Never Know What People Know Until You Ask

The main barrier to generosity is not that people are unwilling or unable to help, but that people don't ask. It's the ask that's the catalyst or the driver of the whole receiving process. A study by Frank Flynn and associates at Columbia University asked participants to go out into New York City and they had to approach a stranger and ask to borrow a cell phone.

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