Hi there this is Mark McRae
from MarkMcRae.com
And today I want to talk to you
about a conversation that I had
with a friend of mine who's a very
respected businessman here in Australia,
and I asked him: "What would you do if
you could meet your 20 year old self 
and give your 20 year old self advice?" 
And he came up with something brilliant.
He said, "Never be afraid to ask the 
question, either personally or in business."
And what he meant was, if you think of all
the different things that have happened
to you in your life, maybe it was the
beautiful girl that you didn't have the
courage to ask out,
that's the question he's talking about.
You know, don't be afraid to ask. Maybe it
was a relationship that you could have
been involved with and you didn't. Maybe
something happened in your business or
personally and it happened because
 you were too afraid to ask the question in
 the beginning that would have changed the
direction of that relationship or the
outcome. Maybe it's you're working on a
deal and you know, you're too afraid
to ask the really hard questions.
And it's amazing I think how your life could
change, if every question you asked was
the real one, with real intent, with what
you really mean. If you can get that
across to the person or the company or
the organization, that you're dealing
with. So think about that: all of the
things that have happened to you in your
life, that you were too shy, too nervous,
not confident enough. If you had asked
that one question, how things could have
been different. Because it's never too
late right, now is the time. So I thought
that was great advice and it was advice
that I, you know, I hadn't heard before,
and something I think everybody should
take to heart. 
Don't be afraid to ask the question. 
Thanks for listening.
