In a different writing I once mentioned that the key reason we don't get what we want is we can't ask in a proper manner.
I found the following golden rules.
- Ask for something which will be an addition to what you already have
- Ask who has the ability to give by himself
- Ask to someone who love to give what you are looking for (most important strategy)
- Ask to someone so it doesn't become a waste of their time ( don't consume unnecessary time with insinuation ask directly)
- Bring enough proof that you are an action oriented person and their help will not go in vein
- Never ask something what they can't give without effort ( don't ask a teacher a job, ask him for a refence if you are very well known to him)
- Timing is the key, without rapport never ask
- Just you are connected in FB or Linked in don't give you right to ask, you have to earn it.
- Before asking make sure you are ready to receive
- Ask only when it is dire necessity