🤝How to Ask for a Favor (and Actually Get Help)

🤝 Working formula inside ⬇️

🤝 Ever needed a favor, intro, or referral—but got ignored?

It’s not that people don’t want to help. It’s that helping you feels like WORK.

At Google, I often got vague requests like:

❌ "Can you find out who handles Android support?" With 100K+ employees and thousands of teams, this means I now have homework. Who? Which team? What’s the issue?

Instead, try this:

✅ "I’m solving [X problem]. Here’s the team I think covers it ([LinkedIn link]). Here’s a draft message—could you pls forward it?"

Now, helping is easy—no guesswork, no follow-ups. SIMPLE FORWARD.

The easier you make it, the more people will say yes.

💡 Pro tip: Think ahead—what follow-up question will they get? Like screenshots, descriptions, etc. Answer it upfront.

💡💡 Pro pro tip: pls don’t just say hello, how are you? Jump right to the point!

Drop examples of what works for you! 👇

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