RENEGADE MILLIONAIRE IDEA OF THE MONTH:

Wisdom Of Children

In his speech, Trump made two observations, brief asides, that are actually extremely important.

He said that he asks lots and lots of questions, of those who work for him, of those he does business with, of people he can learn something from.

He also said the obvious: you don’t get if you don’t ask. You ask for the moon, ask for everything you want, the way you want it, and keep asking, never accepting the first refusal. Come back and ask again, slightly differently. Come from a different direction with same request.

Kids are very, very good at both those things. These skills: asking lots of questions, and asking for what you want repeatedly and persistently – these skills are apparently innate and natural. Installed pre-birth. Given to us in womb, brought with us to the world. Then our parents, teachers, ministers, everybody grinds us down, beats us up, suppresses our use of these skills.

A kid will ask 1,000 questions in a day. Most adults probably ask 20 or 30.

A kid will ask 100 times for what he wants. He’ll keep coming back again and again. He’ll bargain, negotiate. The average sales professional stops trying to close a deal after 3 measly attempts.