Today I’d like to share with you my Ten Never-Fail Rules of Success:

Rule No. 1: Ask.

Rule No. 2: Ask again.

Rule No. 3: Ask again.

Rule No. 4: Ask again.

Rule No. 5: Ask again.

Rule No. 6: Ask again.

Rule No. 7: Ask again.

Rule No. 8: Ask again.

Rule No. 9: Ask again.

Rule No. 10: Ask again.

Asking is the simplest, most efficient, most rewarding action a person can take. I never cease to be amazed by how many times I’ve achieved results simply because I took the trouble (and, in many cases, had the gall or audacity) to ask — and kept on asking until I got the “yes” I was after.

When you make the effort to repeatedly ask, you are partnering up with the law of averages, and the law of averages never fails to produce results over the long term.