As a creative director, Chris thought his job was to intuitively know what clients needed – without asking direct questions.

Pretty backwards, right?

Especially considering how much Chris now teaches about the power of asking the right questions.
 

Here's what changed everything:
 

During a mock sales call review, Chris's former business coach Keir McLaren noticed he was making way too many assumptions about what clients wanted.
 

Keir's simple question: "Why don't you just ask them?"
 

Chris's response? "I didn't know I could."
 

He literally needed someone to give him permission to ask the most obvious question: "What do you want?"
 

That "obvious" question became his biggest breakthrough in sales.
 

How many invisible barriers do we create for ourselves? How many made-up rules do we follow that nobody actually established?

According to Chris, we're all walking around waiting for permission slips:
 

The twist? The person whose permission you're waiting for is probably waiting for someone else's permission too.

After his recent Singapore workshops, Chris came up with the idea of creating actual, physical permission slips to hand out during sessions.

When someone gets stuck, he asks: "Who do you need permission from?"
 

The answers are always telling:
 

Most of the time, we're waiting for permission from people who don't even know we exist.
 

Stop waiting. Give yourself permission.
 

So here's his question for you:

What permission are you waiting for that you could give yourself today?

What would you do if you knew it was completely acceptable?

 

Best,
Carrie
The Futur Team

P.S. Consider this your official permission slip to stop waiting and start doing.