“If you don’t ask, you don’t get.”
Well, strictly speaking, I suppose that’s true. Although I note it’s not saying that if you do ask you WILL get, right?
This is kind of like the lottery officials telling you that if you don’t buy a ticket, you can’t win.
A simple truth but on a broader scale, I don’t really know how this works.
I’ve been out of the workplace a long time; I hear it said all the time that you should ask for promotions and salary boosts. That would be hard for me, I’m one of those that always hopes to be recognized and rewarded because of merit – I’ve earned it. I shouldn’t have to ask for it.
The world is a busy place though, and sometimes you are not going to get noticed, or helped if you don’t call attention to your needs, your wants, your desires.
Next time I feel really strongly about something I want, maybe I’ll take this approach? It will need to be reasonable however, because I’m thinking that asking for something like a winning football season next Fall might be too much to hope for.
Baby steps . . .
suddenlysinglewomen 
Leave a Reply