Seth Godin on how to ask

[Mark367]

Liked It! Seth's Style!

[EvermontKing]

All these people make no sense and don't motivate me haha

[WWEVideoTheUploader2]

@EvermontKing are you evermont who got his ass whupped on bully beatdown lol nice to meet u

[fory230]

"i would love to buy you a sandwich and see you eated it?" "after we can even go to the park feed some birds together?"

[thefemininewoman]

I loved this Mixergy, I just found your site and you are doing remarkable things. Thanks for adding so much value to the world.

[SelfTalkGuru]

Awesome thnx :) the lesson was powerful.......and for those who said he didn't give the solution....LOL

[ejskaer]

So...what's the solution? Thanks for not providing a resolution to an issue.

[mixergy]

@ejskaer think about the the needs of the person you're asking. Make your request about them, not you.

[coonking]

1:50 - that's what she said.

[deb1920]

He didn't give a solution. People are always spouting problems, but don't want to give you the solutions. You probably have to pay for one of his books to get the solution. He could have at least given one example. I like Seth Godin, I finished reading "Linchpin" not too long ago, but this video served no purpose other than to voice a grievance.

[makehope]

Thinking now that i may have had one of those selfish asks with Seth - sorry!

[mixergy]

@makehope he's a good guy. He won't take it badly.

[makehope]

@mixergy I email back and forth with Seth regularly for couple years -- *smile* was reacting to Seth when people ask him to go to dinner to "pick his brain - I did that when he was in ATL last month - thinking i should have asked if he wanted to go to dinner to PICK MY BRAIN haha -- hey check out my funny video on YouTube about Linchpin Do You Ship? Inspired by Seth Godin and Linchpin

[milamo123]

@mixergy

shure he wont, but why to add to clutter

[milamo123]

@makehope

thanks for sharing makehope, just dont do it again

[chestwill]

I have become a huge Seth Godin fan. What he said was so true. We have to find ways of giving gift and not asking favors.

[thewiseturtle]

How humans work is that people naturally ask for things because they believe those things will make them better people, otherwise they wouldn't ask, because asking is risky (humans HATE rejection!). And I, for one, want people to be their best, don't you? So when someone asks me for something I want to know what they hope to get out of it. If I'm going to offer them something, I want to know that it's going to be put to good use.

[mariokluser]

This is why so many people fail. The totally forget that they have to bring in some value before they can get some value back. Why is this so hard to understand?

Thanks for posting this.

[thewiseturtle]

Hmmmm... I don't expect other people to give me something before I give them something, that seems pretty unrealistic. For me, it's better to be the generous, giving type right up front. I prefer to know how I can help you before I start expecting you to help me. But then I'm kind of exceptional, I guess.

[realtechguy]

It's so funny that people still don't get this. i work with REALTORs everyday and their main concern is, "What's in it for me." Then, when they go out and market themselves, they're still in that same frame of mind.

THINK ABOUT YOUR AUDIENCE people! Thanks for the reminder ;)

[dijahenry]

This was very informative. Thanks

[charlyjay2006]

Yes but, you cant blame a girl for asking

[mixergy]

;-)

[thewiseturtle]

You can do whatever you want, but if you blame someone for asking for something, then I'm going to think you're kind of a selfish jerk. :-)

[rebeccamarina]

Really great! I resonate with this so much. Once you get a "little bit famous" people ask you for favors and don't realize how uncomfortable it makes you.

Thank you for bringing us this!

Rebecca Marina

[mixergy]

Thanks!

[NEWAYSrussiandiamond]

not bad

[mixergy]

Appreciate it.