If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get

Years ago in the early part of my career and a new job heading an advertising agency, the owner asked me to make a huge billboard and put it up right in the centre of the agency. The board read “If you Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get”. His theory was that if you cannot articulate and “ask” for what you want, create or receive; then it becomes increasingly difficult for you to get it or for anyone to give it, cause no one knows what it is you are actually seeking.He wanted people in the agency to imbibe this culture, get it into the advertising agency thinking and wanted me to lead this effort.

I have contemplated this statement for the last 10 years and the truth hidden in it has repeatedly struck me. The statement can be extended to the metaphysical level – that is, if you don’t ask of the universe what you want, need or intend, how is it supposed to make that manifest in your life? Thus you must ask, to get. What is interesting is, that by asking – you are forced to think, clarify and find out want you truly want. This process refines and solidifies your intention. The act of asking, is actually the end product of your introspection into your wants, needs, desires and intentions.

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Author: Dennis Taraporewala

Storyteller, Business Owner, Musician, Life Strategist.

8 thoughts on “If You Don’t Ask, You Don’t Get”

  1. To be in an effortless state of “non-want” would be superlative. If the lack of intention is caused, because of a supreme merge – as you have beautifully put it “vaporised like the spray from the river as it bends to leap over the ledge and become a waterfall”, even better. But if lack of intention is caused due to laziness, or not enough introspection, or a general confusion because one is out of touch with the heart…its still fine; the world leads you back to your heart.

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  2. I am intrigued by the thought of ‘asking the universe’. What if one does not want anything from the universe. The reasons could be a strange combination of embracing ones destiny, an inertia to ask or a divine longing to merge with the flow of life in a voyage of discovery and unfolding.

    Would the lack of intention then cause one to eventually lose distinctiveness from the flow of time and therefore merge into it without questions, without thoughts, without responses – vaporised like the spray from the river as it bends to leap over the ledge and become a waterfall. In the heat of the action and with a purposelessness that sets one free to be alive to the moment?

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  3. Blogging is effective when done from the bottom of your heart .That’s what you are doing and keep it up.

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    1. Nev, your comment is much appreciated. Yes, that is exactly what I am doing. Hope you enjoy reading the posts. You can also subscribe to the blog from the home page. Dennis

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  4. dude…so awesome you are blogging…remember talking about a book years ago with you..i believe it was the Aladdin principle if i recall correctly which you said was about the same thing. [rub rub rub] I ask for…. 😉

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    1. Dear Yugin, Good to see you on the blog. I hope you enjoy reading the posts and interacting. Yes, I remember talking about the Aladdin Principle…its happening now. What fun -:)

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  5. Ellen, its good to hear from you. I am glad to see you are also writing in your area of specialty, Astrology and Business. I enjoyed reading your post, which spoke about encouraging the use of Social Media at Work. Interesting.

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