Where do you draw the line in asking someone for a favour?

I am generally ok with people asking me DIRECTLY to babysit, do some free work for them, water their plants whilst they are on holiday, run an errand for them or pick their kid up from school. Ask me and I will tell you straight up yes or no. If I can do it, I’ll say yes. If I can’t, I’ll say no.

I cannot accept and in fact, hate it when people ask me to ask my friend or family for a favour. And because of this, I tend to not share with anyone who I know and what I know because it is only welcoming more requests for favours. It is downright annoying. I am someone who is quite self-sufficient and try as hard as possible not to ask for favours. If I have a job interview, I’d want to get the job on merit (my pride wouldn’t allow anything else); not because my father is the Chairman. Or if I am off on a holiday, I’ll make sure it’s a holiday I can afford; not ask my hotelier friend if I can get a discount, or worse, ask my friend’s hotelier friend to get me a discount.

People use me all the time as their connector and I am sick of being a connector. I don’t want to ask anyone for a favour for you. Do you get it? I just want to lead my simple life. Isn’t it bad manners anyway? What is the benchmark?

And the only people I would really ask a favour of are my brothers, to babysit (out of desperation) or if I had left my housekeys at home and needed them to bring it out for me. Stuff like that. I will ask them for a discount if I knew they could get one but I woudn’t expect it of them. If they felt it wasn’t a problem at all, fine. Otherwise, no worries. But they’re my brothers and I am closer to them than anything. And likewise, if I could help them, I would.

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

Mamapumpkin has not only grown corporate businesses successfully in the past but has grown not one but TWO network marketing businesses in the notorious MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry, achieving success in under 2 years. She believes in the MLM business model but realises the DRASTIC PITFALLS and great stigma attached to it, understanding EXACTLY WHY the majority would shy away (or RUN for their lives) from ANY MLM business. But open your eyes and take time to understand it intellectually, remove your hang-ups, confirm your research, and you may just want to seize an opportunity. She did. And no, she never went about chasing people for sales. She had a sophisticated system work for her through technology and a smartphone.

She now impacts lives authentically with proven strategies amassed through the last decade of her own transformation offering online coaching programmes and always supports the underprivileged. She believes that we can all have a life of our own desires to enable real contribution into the world. But first, one needs to understand what this all means.

A beautiful life without limits.

If you wish to learn some tools to propel your life forward guaranteed, be brave enough to make contact as her life's purpose is to build people. She operates through a discovery call after which she will commit to helping you. Or not.

Most lose out on an opportunity because they are afraid they would be sold to, conned or whatever fear resides in their brain without even trying. And that's on them.

Mamapumpkin is a living testimony that women really can have a lot. Being financially and time free has enabled her to travel the world anytime, anywhere, doing anything, and she spends most of her days with her children, having fun, and supporting others wherever she can. Also having fun.