2. Ask With Expectation It Will Be Granted

When asking for a favour you are putting someone out of their way. Remember that asking for a favour is like selling someone a pitch to buy.

You must be empathetic and seek to add value to them too. Here's why: 

1. You can talk on their terms and what they can do. This way it becomes ...

Don't start asking for a favour with vague statements like, are you around this weekend? Or "Can you get me a job?"

Instead, you must be extremely specific about what you want. This provides a scope for the person and makes them more likely to do it. Ask this instead: 

"Are you free o...

For Bruce Lee, knowledge that isn't applied is useless, for it serves no actual purpose.

• “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
• “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done...