RICH Tip - You have to ASK in order to Receive!

If you don't ask, you can't receive. So my Rich Tip there is all around the fact that when people pose questions to you, whether that's in person or online, Facebook, Twitter, in your social media world, one way or the other, lend your own expertise, lend your own advice, lend your own opinion to it. But then at the same time, use those forums to then ask your own questions. So, for instance, as long as I've been doing my social media and I post questions out, very few respond. They like it, hundreds of you like the question, but you don't actually respond to it or you don't contribute to it. And if you can't, if you don't contribute, you're, you're losing out on the opportunity to get that collaboration with other people. So my Ridge tip here was, if you don't ask, you can't receive. And if you ask and you hear no or something that you, you know, don't agree with or that doesn't suit you at the time, then keep in mind that the other person may not be able to help you. They just might not understand whatever question it is that you have or whatever request it is that you're making. They may not be the right person, which kind of touches on the same thing. They gave you an opportunity, a forum, just like I am, to ask those questions, but then I might not be the right person. But if the person's asking, they're most likely going to be resourceful enough to go and find you the answer, even if it's not them directly that can answer it. So you have to at least ask in order to then get some support and get some reciprocation. Your request may not have been clear. I get that quite often, especially when we're writing online more so than collaborating via dialogue, actually talking to one another. We can often be misunderstood. We can also be misunderstood to the point where someone takes it offensively or doesn't, you know, quite get where you're coming from. Especially, I have a tendency to try to insert my my wit, call it whatever you want, into my written dialogue, and that doesn't always translate to everyone that's a recipient of that communication. So you really want to be cognizant of that. And then keep in mind, if you don't get a response or you don't get an adequate enough answer from me or anybody else, there's a zillion other people out there that can help you and that can contribute to your question, to your request, to your issue, to whatever it is that you might be posing to them. Okay? So, keep that in mind because that's important. The person in front of you, like myself, especially if you're watching this online versus just listening to this over the radio, you know, you don't have to take my advice. I've never been one to kind of really like idolize someone other than Barbra Streisand, but that's because I want her voice. But I don't idolize or really revere anyone to the point where I think that they're the master or they're the one single solo guru of anything in particular. I make sure that I spread, spread the opportunity for other people to educate me and to teach me new things and whatever the case might be. So, just because I'm on this radio yapping my mouth, responding to your question or responding to your issue or your story, doesn't mean I'm the only one who can contribute to it. Okay? So, be open to that. So, I kind of put in this post and you can go to Sheding the Bitch Facebook page, but I put into this post, there's a zillion more people out there and like sales, and even romances, you have to hear a lot of nos, or you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you get what you want, or get the response that you want, or get the ask, so to speak. So that's my first Rich tip. First, you have to ask in order to receive. So be sure to ask, especially— you're kind of, you're safe on, you know, online. And what I mean by that is you might get someone that doesn't agree with your question or doesn't understand it, or they might be, you know, they might say something that you don't necessarily agree with. However, you know, you can deflect that very easily and just, you know, don't take it personally. Just take it as, you know, they might not be having a good day or whatever the case might be. They're not coming in attacking you personally. Okay? All right.