Stevea Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today's topic is getting what you want from other people.

The quick and dirty tip is to ask.

Most of us are crippled by school.

It taught us a dastardly destructive lesson.

We learned if we asked for help, it meant we're cheaters.

Or worse, that we're weak.

Real men and women don't ask for help.

Only paper-miche people ask for help,

people who are made of newspaper and library paste,

with their faces drawn on and magic marker.

We love the myth that people do it on their own,

rich, successful people who started in a trailer, got scholarships to famous schools, and now

have 30,000 employees, personal assistants, and a private jet. They never ask for help. They just

apply for scholarships, hire employees, and delegate to personal assistance. We ooh and awe over how self-made they are, never realizing they do it by getting help

every step of the way.

We all have times we want to ask for help, like asking our boss to show us how he used to do

in one hour the sales reports that take us all day, or asking our best friend for advice

on handling our teenager's upcoming slumber party, since a crowd control hose leaves the

carpet too soggy. But we don't ask for help because we're scared. We find amazing excuses

to keep us from asking for what we want. Don't fall victim to these silly excuses.

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