Ask Outrageously!
The Secret to Getting What You Really Want

I won this book in a goodreads drawing. This is a book that teaches you principles of how to ask for something and actually get it. It's like a lot of these books, where the key is really preparation, but the truth gets told over and over again.......more

A main takeaway: the reasons we are told “no” tends to be due to 1) the request is inappropriate or 2) the person being asked doesn’t like, respect or trust the person making the request. (Not the reasons we tend to think we’re getting a “no,” that aren’t actually common include word choice, gatherin......more

Great Advice sprinkled throughout the book. Some of it is common sense but definitely a helpful book. I wanted it to give it a 4 star rating because it could definitely be written in half the pages but overall 3.29 is too little according to me. Informative and helpful overall!......more

This Book Pushes the Science of Asking to a Whole New Level As a working journalist, I’ve known the power of asking the right question but Linda Byars Swindling stirs all sorts of new possibilities with ASK OUTRAGEOUSLY! The data and experiences in this book are based on a research study with more th......more

If you like to know how your asking and negotiation habits “square” with those of your friends and colleagues, this is the book. The author asked more than 1,200 people about items they’d been able to negotiate: lowered credit-card rates, lowered rent, getting a college grade change, discounted hote......more