The need of being liked by others is still omnipresent. A simple google search will give you thousands of books, self-development guides, videos, podcasts on this, and a lot of people are still talking about the "asking for a favor" approach which has been around for decades now. But is it really a foolproof way to make other people like you? Despite all the hypes around it, my experiences have shown the opposite in most of the cases. Instead of liking someone, I could easily dislike people because of their blatant disrespect of my private life or my work life. There are just so many hidden prerequisites of "asking for a favor" that we need to be aware of. Unfortunately, not a lot of people are doing it right. In many cases, the notion of asking people to help is good for the relationship has become an excuse for their own laziness. And that's exactly what makes me despise them even more. We all need to at least try to solve our own problems befor...