Sentences with phrase «just asking for favors»

I'd rather have authors trading blurbs than just asking for favors from everybody else.

Not exact matches

I love Allah and everyone I swear I want to see everyone who reads this in heaven, don't get mad do me a favor and please just like we Muslims respect ur book respect ours, go and find a Quran translated in English and read read at least the first 10 pages then listen to a reciter his name Is sheikh al maher al Miakli, then ask ur self why am I hear if u will not sacrifice for god (Allah) s sake why did he Jesus say or sins our forgiven and let us do whatever we want here without purpose and give us heaven.

The situation is bizarre: a hostile pagan king asks an impossible favor for his generalissimo, thereby setting the stage for disappointment and what might well be the next political disaster: «Just look,» says the king of Israel, «and see how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me.»

Steve Martin... and they'll throw in some grace and favor as a free gift if you order right now... just don't ask for mercy!

The whole world is being exposed to God's message of eternal life, there for the asking, without measuring up or meeting some kind of impossible criterion (Grace is unmerited favor with God), just as you are.

Just when you thought the flash forwarding was finished, the film does it one more time and jumps to after the events of Snow White where the audience finds Eric being asked to do a favor for Snow White (who, again, is not in this film).

Vocal authorities in the Learning and Development field are recommending we avoid building traditional training courses just because someone asks for one in favor of looking for more holistic «workplace performance solutions».

Brandon apologize for the hanging up and me having to bring the car back, which was greatly appreciated, my son had just ask if anyone apologized which was a plus in Brandons favor.

Be wary, that in «building relationships» you aren't actually just being a jerk to people — reaching out and trying to get them to review or share your book, asking for their help or feedback, and always being on the receiving end of favors.

It's crucial to maintain constant contact with your community — not just when you need to ask for a favor in the form of sharing or promoting your book.

«Frank asked me to do this favor, and we just started, so I want to come through for him.

What you need to do is put out so much value into the world and do so many free favors for so many people, that when you publish your book you're not «asking for» a favor, you're just «calling in» all the favors people feel they owe you because you've showered them with positive, life - improving benefits for so long.

You can do this deliberately, such as having a «list share» or «you buy my 99cent book and I'll buy yours» — and you can do some of that also, but you'll make a better impression if you just help people without asking for anything in return (if they do return the favor, they'll do it because they want to and it will be more effective).

Don't ask authors for favors when you haven't even bought their books, or reviewed them, or written to them, or helped them get the word out, or in some way established a relationship that isn't just asking them to do something for you.

And thanks so much for this: «Don't ask authors for favors when you haven't even bought their books, or reviewed them, or written to them, or helped them get the word out, or in some way established a relationship that isn't just asking them to do something for you.»

In fact, they probably won't ever have to ask for referrals; these contacts will just instinctively return the favor.

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.

Just four months ago the enigmatic Australian singer and pop ditty writer and her documentary filmmaker husband, Erik Anders Lang, shelled out $ 4.7 million — $ 400,000 more than the $ 4.299 million asking price — for an arrestingly offbeat house in the foothills above L.A.'s celeb - favored Los Feliz area that, we've now heard from several friendly peeps including the PR gal at Trulia, has returned to the open market with an asking price of $ 4.995 million.