The most essential secret to getting what you want in life is simply to ask. Rather than silently working hard alone, you must set specific goals and prepare a big vessel for the abundant ocean of success. Plan with an adult's intelligence and believe with a child's pure heart -- and in 90 days, you'll experience remarkable change.

1. The One Skill for Success: Ask

From Jim Rohn's 1981 seminar, the formula is deceptively short:

"Ask. That's it. End of notes."

If there's one skill we must master perfectly in life, it's the art of asking. Asking means questioning yourself about what you truly want and making your request to the world. Many people believe that working hard in silence will eventually bring rewards, but that alone isn't enough. Beyond being a good worker, you must become a good asker.

2. Three Key Laws of Asking and Receiving

First, asking initiates a unique process. When we earnestly ask and request something, a special mental and emotional process begins within us. You don't need to understand exactly how it works -- just that it works. As Rohn says: "Some people are always studying the roots, but others are picking the fruit."

Second, receiving follows automatically. If we ask properly, receiving is a natural consequence. The real reason we don't get what we want is most often failure to ask. Some people work from dawn to dusk but don't even have a scrap of paper with their goals written down.

Third, success is abundantly available. Many people mistakenly believe success is limited. But success isn't rationed -- it's as abundant as the ocean. The problem? "Some people go to the ocean with a teaspoon!" Swap the teaspoon for at least a bucket.

3. Two Ways to Ask Properly

1. Ask with intelligence. Don't mumble internally. Define and describe what you want with extreme clarity and specificity -- how wide, how high, how fast, when, what size, what color, how many. The more vividly you describe your goal, the more powerfully it pulls you toward it like a magnet.

2. Ask with faith. Once you've set specific goals, stop calculating and believe like a child. The formula: plan like an adult, believe like a child. Build your plan with adult intelligence but hold your belief without a shred of doubt.

4. Conclusion

If you doubt all this, Jim Rohn suggests trying it for just 90 days. Write your goals clearly, ask specifically, and believe purely. If it doesn't work, you can always go back to your old life. But if you try, the most amazing and unbelievable things will begin happening.

"The world looks up to those who take action."