How do I ask a stranger for career help without groveling?
A short, specific message to someone who could help you, written to be easy to answer.
- When to use
- When there’s a person who could help and you’ve been putting off writing to them.
- Time
- 5 min
The prompt
I want to write to , who doesn’t know me. What I’d like from them: . One true, specific thing about their work that made me want to write: . Write a message of under 90 words that opens with that specific thing, not with an apology or a compliment. Make one small ask they could answer in a single short reply, and make it easy to say no. Leave out flattery, ‘pick your brain’ and ‘I know you’re busy.’ Don’t claim anything about me that I haven’t told you. If my ask is too big for a first message to a stranger, say so and shrink it. Give me two versions, one warmer and one plainer, and tell me which you’d send and why.
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- Open in Gemini. You press send Copies, then opens Last used
- Open in Claude. You press send Copies, then opens Last used
- Open in Grok. You press send Copies, then opens Last used
- Open in Copilot. You press send Copies, then opens Last used
- Open in Perplexity. Runs right away Copies, then opens Last used
More assistants
- Open in Meta AI. You press send Copies, then opens Last used
- Open in Le Chat. Runs right away Copies, then opens Last used
- Open in DeepSeek. You press send Copies, then opens Last used
- Open in Duck.ai. You press send Copies, then opens Last used
- Open in Google AI Mode. Runs right away Copies, then opens Last used
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