You Only Have To Ask

We‘ve talked here and in some detail in How To Be Rich and Happy, about how truly rich and happy people have no problem asking for help. Nobody is an island and nobody can get by in life without help from other people, and yes I do mean, nobody!

The difference is, rich and happy people get that, poor and unhappy people often do not.

Poor and unhappy people stress themselves about what other people may think if they expose their human side and ask for help. They think it will make them look dumb, insecure and childlike when often the reality is just the opposite.

It takes a certain level of guts, self-awareness and security to in effect say,

“Look, I can’t really do this, or you’re better than me at that, can you help me please?”

Rich and happy people are brilliant at doing this though and they know that everybody has their strengths and weaknesses.

We have been putting the word out that we now have 3,250 books earmarked for charitable causes. I have to be honest in saying that primarily I wanted to give the books away to charities based in the Orlando area for logistical reasons as well as to minimize the cost of shipping.

However, when I got an e-mail this last week from a lady in San Antonio, Texas, gushing about how brilliant she thinks the book is and asking if she could have some to give away to unemployed people that attend a workshop she puts on, who was I to say no? Especially as she had already bought 10 copies for friends and family and offered to pay shipping too.

Sometimes getting help really is that easy, it’s just a matter of asking.

That’s why I have no issue asking you to buy a copy of How To Be Rich and Happy and help us build the momentum. One person recently accused me (albeit somewhat tongue-in-cheek) of ‘whoring myself’ and I honestly took that as a compliment.

The fact is, if neither myself nor John asked for help over and over and over again, then we’d almost certainly fail in our goal. I’m a life coach and I don’t like failing at goals, especially not ones this huge, so the occasional uncomfortable moment of admitting we can’t do it alone is worth it for the greater good.

Do You Want In On The Rich And Happy Project?

Although we are handing out the books to good causes, so could you if you really wanted to.

We realize that many people have charities that are very personal to them. For 30 years my mom worked with Marie Curie the UK based cancer charity. That wasn’t because she didn’t admire or believe in the good causes supported by other charities, just that Marie Curie was close to her heart.

With that in mind we are setting up a print on demand service for anybody that wants in on the project and has a bit of money to spare.

We’re happy to let people order as many copies as they want (minimum of 2,500)  at cost and in return we will insert a page saying that this particular copy of the book was donated by that person to the charity of their choice.

It doesn’t even have to be an individual, it can be a business that wants to help others and sees this is a really cool way of generating positive publicity and helping a lot of people. The only additional cost would be shipping.

So for way less than $5k people can put well over $50,000 (retail value) of books into the hands of worthy causes, be part of a unique project and get a warm fuzzy feeling into the bargain. Whats not to love about that?

Now would you mind please telling everybody on the planet you know about the Rich and Happy project because we can’t achieve it without your help

IMPORTANT: The pre-sale for the signed first edition copies of the book runs out on Sunday 9th May. After that date the book will revert to the recommended retail of $25 and copies will not be signed. It’s also doubtful that there will be more than a handful (if that) of first edition copies left so don’t hang around!

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