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Help Wanted

Want Something? Here's How to Ask!

Help Wanted

Money News Network

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.7441 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Happy 4th of July! To celebrate, here's one of our favorite episodes from earlier this year. Sooner or later, you're going to need to ask for a favor that will advance your career. We all do… but we don't all do it well. Jason and Nicole show you what works and what doesn't with real-life examples, including a pitch that led them to hire someone, and a whackadoodle pitch that definitely DIDN'T earn someone a job, and how Jason scored a favor from the one and only Michelle Pfeiffer

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0:00.0

Have you ever made a vision board? Have you ever made one for your money? Time lets you make a vision board for your savings goals, which makes it easy. Having a visual nudge when you're making plans is so motivating. I was saving up to move one time and I kept a picture of my dream place on my lock screen so that every single time I picked up my phone and we know how much we do that, I saw the picture.

0:27.3

And that motivated me. It still took hard work and planning, but that visual representation really helped me stay on target.

0:33.1

Chai makes it even easier. In your savings account, you can create a goal, give it a name, and a fun little emoji.

0:38.6

Then as you add money, you can watch the little circle fill up as you get closer and closer to achieving your goal of that vacation, new bag, even a new home, anything your heart desires.

0:44.4

And that savings account and the chime checking account come with one big green flag. They have

0:49.7

no monthly fees or maintenance fees to delay your savings streams. Work on your financial goals through CHIM today. Open your account in just two minutes at chime.com slash help wanted. That is chime.com slash help wanted. Chime feels like progress. Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank, banking services and debit card provided by the Bank or Bank N.A or Stride Bank N.A. Members FDIC spot me eligibility requirements and overdraft limits apply. Timing depends on submission of payment file. Fees apply at out-of-network ATMs. Bank ranking and number of ATMs, according to U.S. News and World Report 2023. chime checking account required. This is Help Wanted. The show that tackles all the big work questions you cannot ask anyone else.

1:30.0

I'm Jason Pfeiffer, editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur Magazine.

1:32.6

And I'm New York Times bestselling author and money expert, Nicole Lapid.

1:36.4

The helpline is open.

1:39.9

Nicole, I have a question for you.

1:41.8

Tell me.

1:42.9

When is the last time you asked someone for a favor?

1:45.4

Probably you yesterday.

1:47.6

Oh, yeah, that's true.

1:48.1

You did.

1:50.6

When was the last time you asked somebody for a favor?

1:53.3

I mean, it probably was you, too.

1:55.4

Outside of us, what was the last time you asked someone for a favor and it felt a little

2:00.4

uncomfortable?

2:01.4

Because maybe you aren't used to asking them for favors.

2:04.9

Hmm.

2:06.2

So I guess the difference, is it a favor or like a pitch?

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