And if you would say your name and then ask your question to the President.

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What you do, then, is simply ask your unconscious the question: is this person open or closed to me?

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And then you use those answers to ask your next question, and you keep doing it until you have the ultimate answer.

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Now that you're here, we're going to ask you to stick around, answer Chris' question below and then send in one of your own to ask at engadget dawt com .

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Then, based on your answer, ask yourself one more question: What can I do or say that will helpthem?

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