How to Get What You Want;

3 minutes from now you will know exactly what to do to get exactly what you want.

Want to get whatever you want? Let me tell you a story. Several years ago, a student wanted to talk to a professor about graduate school. The professor asked, “Where do you want to go?”
The student replied, “I am applying to Kean and William Patterson University.”
“But where do you want to go?”
“I am applying to Kean and William Patterson University.”
“I understand that. But where do you want to go??”
“Columbia University.”
“Apply”

That’s the best advice in the world. Three years later, she left a message saying she got her second master’s degree from Columbia University. There is a lesson there.

How do you get what you want? You have to ask for it! Sometimes you have to ask in person. Other times it’s by an application. Sometimes it’s an audition. But if you don’t ask, it’s automatically a no. So if you want something, you can either ask and possibly get it, or not ask and never get it.

Winners lose more than losers lose. Winners apply to more schools. Winners go on more job interviews. Winners make more phone calls. Winners ask out more girls. They don’t get everything they want, but they get what they want most.

Don’t hang up yet, though. Sometimes it doesn’t work out the first time. Sometimes you have to ask and ask and ask and ask. You might not get it immediately, but you will get it eventually. You have to be what’s called, “resilient”.

If you really want to do something, you will find a way; if you really don’t, you will find an excuse.