Start asking unreasonable questions with me!

Written by Adam Chandler on Mar 21, 2009 11:51 am

Read More: Mindset | Personal Development

Hey now!

Check this out. You’re going to want to read every word of this post. I promise you’ll be a better person after having read it. I’m very excited about this and I want to share it with you….

I am currently part of a training program that keeps me on the cutting edge of online marketing and social media as well as challenges me to stay outside of my comfort zone. The purpose is to help move my business forward and push me to become a better and more effective leader.

We receive weekly assignments that usually consist of two parts. The first usually involves social media and connect with however many new people as well as incorporating little know marketing strategies.

The second part is usually on a much more personal level. We had to interview people in our lives to find out our strengths and weaknesses. We had to ask strangers what they loved about their lives and do daily activities that we did not want to do. This is designed to keep us outside of our “comfort zones” because that is when true self growth occurs. Don’t you agree?

I want to explain one part of this weeks assignment and invite you to do it as well.

The assignment is as follows…

This week, your challenge and homework through-out
your everyday life is to make REQUESTS of people
that are so UNREASONABLE… you almost already know
they are going to say ‘NO’ to you.

This exercise is designed to really make you
step outside of your comfort zone.

And the request would be different for everyone
because everyone has different comfort zones.

Like for me…

An UNREASONABLE request my be asking out this
girl on a date who I’ve been interested in
for a short while but never had the courage to
ask because i’m pretty sure beyond a shadow of a
doubt she would say ‘NO’ and not want to go out
with me.

Even though I THINK in my head she’s going to say ‘NO’,
the goal of this exercise is to just train us to
‘ASK’ for things anyway.

I think we get in the way of ourselves and self-sabotage
our success because we’re afraid to even ‘ASK’ thinking
that the answer is automatically already ‘NO’.

But what I found from doing this exercise in the past,
a lot of things that I knew for sure in my head were
going to be a ‘NO’…

When I actually got the courage to ‘ASK’ anyway…
a lot of times it ended up being a ‘YES’.

This surprised me.

And I’m sure if you do this at least once a day,
you’ll be surprised at how many times people
actually say ‘YES’ to your UNREASONABLE request.

This is a powerful skill to have in business
because now you won’t be afraid to ask for things
even if you think the answer will be no.

Does this exercise excite you as much as it does me? Do you understand the point of it? I am going to go start implementing this practice immediately! If you do decide to take this challenge please leave me a comment below and let me know.

Also, please feel free to contact me and let me know how it works out for you.

Have fun…
-Adam
Skype: adamjohnchandler
Email: adamjohnchandler@gmail.com
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