MBA2480 Q&A Wednesday: How to ask someone in your network for something?

The $100 MBA Show

Omar Zenhom

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business, Marketing

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Looking to expand your network and learn how to effectively ask for support or introductions from contacts? Want to navigate the fine line between seeking assistance and maintaining genuine relationships in your professional circle? If so, this episode of The $100 MBA Show is a must-listen!

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0:00.0	Heyo! Welcome to the $100 R. M Fluff just the good stuff with our practical business lessons
0:16.0	I'm your host your coach your teacher Omar is at home and today's episode is Q&A Wednesday where we answer a question from one of you, one of our
0:23.6	listeners. If you got a question you want to ask go ahead and email me over at
0:27.3	Omar at 100MBA.net. Today's question is from Jose and Jose asks, hey Omar I know that it's important to grow your network
0:36.2	and meet new people I've been doing that for a few years now but what's your advice on how to ask someone in your network for something you need,
0:45.6	whether it's wanting to partner with them or simply asking for an introduction to somebody they know?
0:51.4	Really appreciate your help and this
0:53.4	podcast. Thanks Jose for your great question. I love this one because it's all
0:58.6	about relationships. It's all about how do I approach somebody I respect I
1:01.8	enjoy their company I really you know value their
1:05.4	relationship in knowing them? How do I approach them in asking for something? I don't
1:10.3	want to sound like I'm needy, I don't want to sound like I'm needy I don't want to sound like I'm taking advantage of them
1:15.1	I don't want them to think that the reason why I got to know them in the first place is just to ask them this question or to ask for help or ask for a favor
1:22.0	totally totally get it.
1:24.0	And here's a thing.
1:25.0	We are nothing without our network, right?
1:28.0	We're nothing without our community people around us.
1:30.0	I would not be where I am today as an entrepreneur. I would have not accomplished what I've
1:34.4	accomplished with this podcast, with my software company Webinar Ninja that I built over nine years
1:40.0	and sold. I just simply would not be in this position if it wasn't for the people around me for my network and in that process I had to ask my network for favors I had to ask them if they can help me, if they can support me, if they
1:55.2	can do something for me. And in today's list I'm going to break down how I actually do that, how
2:01.0	I frame it, how I approach them, and how do you put yourself in their
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