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The simple question that added fifteen thousand dollars
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I started my corporate career with an unfair advantage. No, not a high-ranking mentor or powerful co
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I started my corporate career with an unfair advantage. No, not a high-ranking mentor or powerful connections. But unlike most doe-eyed job newbies, Iâd already learned the most important thing I needed to know. By example. Although when I say âby example,â Iâm not talking about having an example of someone crushing it in their own career. Exactly the opposite, in fact. See, growing up, I was closest to my eldest uncle. (He was the only one who always had time for answering a curious 5-year-oldâs annoying questions when my other uncles were too busy.) And so, Iâd pay more attention whenever he came up in conversation. Most of the time, the gossip was related to how good he was at his job. Apparently he was so efficient that he could do the work of three people, which of course saved his employer a lot of money. And yet, one day, I was surprised to overhear (I did a lot of eavesdropping as a kid) that his salary was one of the lowest in the company. As the years went by, I finally figured out why. Because while he gave and gave and worked his butt off⦠He never asked for anything. Like I said, it gave me an unfair advantage. Because instead of having to make that mistake myself, I saw firsthand what happens when you donât ask for what you want. That lesson was how I was able to get my first six-figure salary just a few years into my career⦠My soon-to-be new employer offered $89,000. And while that blew my mind, I was NOT going to make my uncleâs mistake. So I called up their HR person and asked, âCan you guys do any better?â A few hours later, I had the offer letter in my hand. An extra $15,000â¦.bringing my total to that sought-after six-figure mark. I was rich!! Seriously, it felt like SUCH a huge benchmark I hadnât expected to hit for many more years. All because I simply asked. This lesson is essential for making sales in your business too: One of the top mistakes I see entrepreneurs make is writing only emails that âgive valueâbecause theyâre too afraid to ask for the sale. But hereâs the thing to remember... People WANT to buy from you. (At least assuming you have a valuable offer that helps them with a problem they want solved. Which, if you follow what I teach, you do.) But no one is sitting around thinking, âLet me figure out how I can buy from {NAME}.â Because itâs YOUR job to make that ask. Of course though, thereâs a way to do it rightâ¦and many, many, many ways to do it wrong. Iâll share the top way most people do it wrong tomorrow (so you never have to make that mistake for yourself). Luisa Zhou If you no longer wish to receive these emails, click here to
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