From Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want, by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever.
Week two and we’re starting to stretch. The goal for this week is setting a high target. Choose small things that aren’t that important to you. Determine the most you think you
Even week one started out hard.
Like I mentioned before, I see myself as self-reliant and independent, so it was difficult to think of things to even ask for. But once I practiced a couple of times, it did get a little easier and I started identifying more opportunities. I think the self-reliant self-concept (like the
From Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want, by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever.
This first week, we’re asking for things we think we can get and just warming up.
Ask for at least one thing every day of the week.
Ask for something you’d like to get
Now that the NYC marathon is over (once again a source of inspiration) it’s time to warm up other muscles: our negotiation muscles.
Several of the bloggers here at LYJ recently read Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want, by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever. (While
Introductions are a great opportunity we often waste.
Opportunity: to give a vivid picture of who you are and what you do
Waste: not really communicating what you do and what you have to offer
What exactly do I mean? Here’s an example.
Stranger 1: Hi. I’m Shannon Lee.
Stranger 2: Hi. I’m Doug Forester. What do you do?
1: I’m
This is the title of the conclusion of Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want, by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever.
Many women, myself included, experience hearing “no” as negative. It resonated deeply with me that they flipped that upside down and made me look at
my hands-down all time favorite book for all things networking: Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know-How for Cash, Clients and Career Success by Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon
Suzanne Grossman and I are at the beach, having some heart to heart inspirational conversations and informational interviews came up. In spite of the wealth of information out there, it seems like people still have a ton of uncertainties about how to arrange them and what to ask, so I thought I’d share my two
That used to be my credo for networking.
I’d go to an event and tell myself, “You just have to stay for 15 minutes and talk to one person.” Then I’d almost hyperventilate and walk into the bar, meeting room or classroom. I’d hang out by the sign-in desk, hoping someone would talk to me. I’d
I feel like I need to re-learn this lesson every week.
We send emails or leave voice messages, fingers crossed, and hope that this is it, the next great job, the next big client, the next contact who will open doors for us. And then we don’t hear back. Life intervenes, we get busy, a few
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