Why You Should Stop Asking for Permission

In the Industrial Age we’ve been raised to ask for permission before doing anything. That was part of our basic education as polite and obedient workers.

The thing is, nowadays and as at any time, to create great stuff, it is essential not to ask for permission.

When you are in an organization or any kind of social setting and you have a great idea, if you start asking for permission, you’ll never get it or you’ll become upset before you get it.

Practice the Jesuit saying: “It is much easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission“!

Just go and do it. Even if it means diverting some resources here and there. If the idea is good they’ll follow.

The next time you’ll realize you are about to ask for permission, pause a second and ask yourself if that’s really the right thing to do!