My advice

Be upfront. Be confident. And just go for it. If you want something then ask for it. Work for it. Be honest. Speak the truth even if your voice shakes. Never shut up. Always ask questions. Because if you never ask you will never know. And if you never ask, the answer will always be no.

By C.S. Lewis

~Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.~