A: Ask more than once

ASKING MORE THAN ONCE FOUND TO GET YOU WHAT YOU WANT: New research from Stamford University finds that you’re more likely to get what you want if you ask more than once. To find this, researchers had participants approach total strangers and make small requests. Researchers found that while the strangers agreed to the first request just 33-percent of the time, their willingness to help out jumped to 43-percent when asked a second favor. Study co-author Daniel Newark says that this happens because it’s embarassing and guilt-inducing for a person to refuse a request, so they are more likely to say “yes” to you if you ask them more than once. He says this may happen even more in professional or academic environments, where you see the same people everyday. (Men’s Health)