Success is the child of audacity.

Very little that turned out well was begun by somebody waiting for permission. The first ask, the unsolicited proposal, the application for a job you are not quite qualified for: each involves a slightly outrageous assumption that you might be taken seriously. Most people talk themselves out of that assumption before anyone else gets the chance. Boldness guarantees nothing, and some bold moves fail loudly, but a request never made cannot be granted.

Find one thing you have not asked for because it felt presumptuous. Ask for it this week, politely and directly, and treat a no as the ordinary cost of having tried.