ALADDIN FACTOR CONTINUED: NO 1 IGNORANCE

FEAR ALWAYS SPRINGS FROM IGNORANCE - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Many of us dont know what to ask for. Either we dont know what is available to us because we have never been exposed to it, or we are so out of touch with ourselves that we no longer are able to perceive our real needs and wants. Some of us have beome so numbed out that we are simply unaware of our natural yearings and desires. We no longer know what we really want.
Most of us dont know how to ask. We have never learned the technology of making an effective request. We have not seen these effective communication skills modeled in our homes and we were not taught them in our schools or at work. Many of us don't know whom to ask and when to ask. We have not learned how to identify likely prospects who can deliver what we ask for whether it be a hug, sage advice or an order for something we are selling. And many of us have never learned to read the nonverbal cues that people send us that tell is :I'm with you" or "not now".