Ask, Ask, Ask 敢于要求

Markita Andrews, the greatest saleswoman in the world today,

瑪奇塔.安德魯斯。是現(xiàn)今世界上最優(yōu)秀的女推銷員。

has generated more than eighty thousand dollars selling Girl Scout cookies since she was seven years old.
從她七歲以來，她推銷的女童子軍餅干已經(jīng)超過了8萬美元。

At age 13, Markita discovered the secret of selling.
在她13歲的時候，瑪奇塔發(fā)現(xiàn)了推銷的秘密。

It starts with desire—burning, white-hot desire.
這個秘密的發(fā)現(xiàn)是源于瑪奇塔的某種欲望，強(qiáng)烈的、狂熱的欲望。

For Markita and her mother, their dream was to travel the globe.
對于瑪奇塔和她母親而言，她們的夢想就是周游世界。

So at age 13 when Markita read in her Girl Scout magazine that the Scout who sold the most cookies would win an all- expenses-paid trip for two around the world,

13歲的時候，瑪奇塔在《女童子軍》雜志上看到一則消息：推銷出最多餅干的女童子軍將可以獲得雙人全額周游世界的獎勵。

she decided to sell all the Girl Scout cookies she could. 
于是，她決定盡她的所有去推銷女童子軍餅干。

But desire alone is not enough.
但是只能欲望是不夠的，

To make her dream come true, 
為了能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)夢想，

Markita knew she needed a plan.
瑪奇塔知道她還需要一個計劃。

"Always wear your professional garb," her aunt advised.
 “穿上你的職業(yè)服裝，”她的姑姑建議，

"Wear your Girl Scout uniform.
“穿上童子軍制服。

Always smile, whether they buy or not, always be nice.
無論他們買或是不買，你都要保持微笑，態(tài)度良好。

And don’t ask them to buy your cookies; ask them to invest." 
不要請求他們買你的餅干，要邀請他們投資?！?/p>

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