Sentences with phrase «before asking for any favors»

And you would build relationships and trust before asking for a favor of passing your resume along.

Connect with new contacts online and look for opportunities to pay it forward before asking for any favors.

Not exact matches

Most of us have been in situations where someone asked for a favor long before they built the social capital to make that kind of request, if they built any capital at all.

Facebookers who had identified themselves as Tea Party supporters or Christian rock fans, or who had posted messages in favor of tax cuts or against abortion, found an ad from Bachmann waiting for them on their profile page in the weeks before the vote, asking for their support and directing them to a link where they could arrange a free ride to the polling place.

All shy science trainees are painfully aware of how many times they are called on to «perform» in the course of their work: they may have to present a PhD defense before a dissertation committee; participate in an interview for a fellowship; lead a seminar or give a Powerpoint presentation to a group; ask a supervisor for a promotion; or simply summon the nerve to ask a co-worker for a favor.

Investing in those relationships before you come up with a project or the next book will always help because the moment you ask somebody for a favor, they'll be happy to do it when you're doing something for them as well.»

Also, as a courtesy before you read, if too many of these comparisons come across as haphazard coincidences for you, I'd like to simultaneously apologize and ask you to just enjoy the ride instead of taking this as gospel, while asking you to just do me a favor and be cool.

Sometimes it's not worth the risk for them, so take that into consideration before asking any favors.

Always look for ways to provide value to the person with whom you're speaking before you start asking for favors.

Attorneys for Zillow filed a motion late last week asking the judge to grant summary judgment in its favor as a matter of law — referring to a recent 9th Circuit Court decision in the case Perfect 10 Inc. v. Giganews Inc. — before the jury is permitted to issue a verdict.