Why you must ask for directions?
Published: Fri, 05/02/08
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Friday 2nd May 2008 - Newsletter No. 133
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Have you ever had to stop and ask for directions? You're driving along and making good time. You turn up the radio and nudge your foot firmly against the accelerator. Perhaps your mind is elsewhere or maybe you're busy singing along to your favourite song but you eventually come to the realisation - you're lost! Discovering you're lost is quite a strange phenomenon. At first the differences are subtle - the signs begin to change, roads don't appear to be where they should be and the countryside slowly dissolves into the city (or vice versa). It often takes a while before you're hit with the inevitable truth - something you have being trying to deny for the previous ten miles. You pull over to the side of the road, wind down the window and sheepishly lift your head through. You usher over a 'local' and rather pitifully utter those immortal words "Excuse me. I appear to be lost..." What happens next always seems to come as a huge surprise - most people want to help! I think the British have this natural assumption that the general public feel awkward in this situation - but that couldn't be further from the truth. When you ask for directions you get a wonderful variety of responses. Even people who have no idea, don't know the area or have a zero sense of direction apologise for not being a walking TomTom, before looking around to see if they can introduce you to someone else who 'may have a clue'. So what have we learnt? Well, most people do want to help and are often flattered to be asked. So given this fact, how good are you at asking for advice? Finding out directions frequently puts us in a situation where we have to seek advice so why not apply this more readily in your own life? I've often spoken of the four magic words you need to know if you want fantastic free advice forever. They are... | |
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Michael has spent the last 10 years of his life working with over half a million people around the world.
This is your chance to ask Michael a question that affects you, your business, or any other area of your life. | |
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Hi Michael
I run my own Holistic Therapy business and love it, however I know when it comes to doing workshops and talks on stress etc I get so nervous. Sometimes I feel like I am gonna faint just before I stand up! I know I go red when speaking too. I love what I do, I just need the confidence in myself so when I stand up in front of a room full of teachers I don't feel intimidated by them. I feel they are all more intelligent than me and will already know everything I am telling them!
Help!
Tracy Williams
Hi Tracy Guess what? And this is just between me, you and the 20,000+ people who read this newsletter, your audience may know more than you. And then again they may not. But the difference is you are the one who is stood at the front of the room, so you are the expert and experts are always right (even when they're wrong).
It's slightly ironic that doing talks on stress should get you so stressed that you think you're 'gonna faint' so I am sending you a copy of my White Island relaxation and mental programme CD's, they will help you manage the stress before a presentation and boost your confidence.
Be Brilliant!
Michael
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