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Ask More, Get More: How to Earn More, Save More, and Live More...Just by ASKING by Michael Alden
I overcame crime, drugs, and poverty to make millions of dollars in a short period of time. I’m an average guy who learned how to “ask more” to “get more” out of life. The strategies and techniques I outline in this book can help you get just about anything—a better job, a new house, or a great vacation—faster and more consistently if you’re willing to follow my advice.
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Michael Alden
7 books18 followersI would not say that I am a lucky guy. The success I have obtained was not handed to me; not by any means. What I do consider luck is the hand I was dealt. My childhood was made up of struggle after struggle and for this I am forever fortunate. Growing up I was constantly problem solving, adapting and strategizing just to get through everyday life. Then and now one thing still remains.
I always want more out of life.
The majority of society has no idea what they can accomplish and they, YOU, have the tools and resources to better any part of your life. You can get more out of life, just as I have, simply by asking. All you need is yourself. I'm excited to show you how. Ask more, get more.
I always want more out of life.
The majority of society has no idea what they can accomplish and they, YOU, have the tools and resources to better any part of your life. You can get more out of life, just as I have, simply by asking. All you need is yourself. I'm excited to show you how. Ask more, get more.
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April 13, 2014
Most of us were not born with the proverbial silver spoon in our tiny fingers. In fact, most of the world wasn't, vast numbers suffer with no food within finger reach. In fact a billion people a day worldwide face hunger; face death from malnutrition—34 million children face that each day, a million of them die each year through no fault of their own, through no fault of parents who try to provide food but face outside forces that thwart that effort.
Michael Alden was born poor, and yet, is grateful for that as it paved the way for him to learn how to overcome. Unlike children in many other countries, Michael was able to find avenues to fulfill his wishes.
I have given a great deal of thought to this remarkable book and unless you were born with that silver spoon and take it all for granted it will help you move toward your no longer impossible dream. This is an active, positive, and affirmative guide to your dream.
The author speaks to the power of imagination, of focus, of stopping whining excuses for why what you want can't be. He speaks to the power of positive thought; of learning from those who know more than you; of applying what you learn from them. He speaks to the value of education at all levels and ongoing.
Following his line of thought, imagine something you want, something you want to do, something you want to improve.Imagine, visualize, consider something you want—even make it within the realm of the heretofore impossible—and start moving toward its fulfillment.
Write it down, carry it about with you, be open to opportunities and move into them. Good advice.
It came to me reading this that this is not just the commonplace 'yes, you can' story being told here. It is learning, education in the sense of its real definition of 'to open up'. Consider elementary education where the straight lines start immediately—not only walking into class, but in class, lock step with the teacher, with the material put forth. All trees should be colored with green leaves—a 'fact' that is simply not true, but the message is there to stay: stay within the lines,don't make waves, and is enforced right up to high school graduation. If you move onto the military, that straight line is enforced, one hundred fold. Follow orders, or else. Water is always blue, right? Well, just not so.
In that kind of environment, there is no place for daydreaming, for imagining, indeed, for dreaming. Yet from those places we have computers, sewing machine needles, the DNA strand, and so much more.
What if you became one who dared to go beyond the mold, to break it, and determine your dream and line up all the ducks necessary to its fulfillment.
Mr. Alden walks with you step by step on the path so few dare to tread, even to the point of evaluating friendship—what it means, what trust is, when the friend is simply not a true one and how to let go.
And yes, of course, do expect the naysayers among friends and family—the ones who constantly, usually because of their own agenda for you, tell you that you are dreaming, that “it” is not possible, or that you are just plain irresponsible. Thank them for their input, and move along your chosen path.
If abuse, emotional, physical, spiritual is part of your past history, Mr. Alden will help you find a future where those things no longer are part of your world.
Aside from emotional and psychological support, Mr. Alden provides you with much important basic advice on mortgages, salespeople, capital gains and losses, investments, taxes, tax savings, savings, best use of things to save money, and making money too!
So, if someone, or some institution, along the way has you thinking you can't do, you need to go fetch this book, now, and sit down where “they” can be left behind, and you can find a new vision of you—the one that makes that heretofore impossible dream become your reality.
Enjoy the trip, leave all the old baggage behind dropping a piece or two day by day, and keep going until you hold your rainbow in your hand. OR—the alternative? Woulda, coulda, shoulda?
How do you want to be remembered is the so important question this author asks.
What is the truest answer of your heart, and are you on you way there?
Take this book with you, even if this is just your first step of your journey.
The author will help you become the CEO of your own life!
Michael Alden was born poor, and yet, is grateful for that as it paved the way for him to learn how to overcome. Unlike children in many other countries, Michael was able to find avenues to fulfill his wishes.
I have given a great deal of thought to this remarkable book and unless you were born with that silver spoon and take it all for granted it will help you move toward your no longer impossible dream. This is an active, positive, and affirmative guide to your dream.
The author speaks to the power of imagination, of focus, of stopping whining excuses for why what you want can't be. He speaks to the power of positive thought; of learning from those who know more than you; of applying what you learn from them. He speaks to the value of education at all levels and ongoing.
Following his line of thought, imagine something you want, something you want to do, something you want to improve.Imagine, visualize, consider something you want—even make it within the realm of the heretofore impossible—and start moving toward its fulfillment.
Write it down, carry it about with you, be open to opportunities and move into them. Good advice.
It came to me reading this that this is not just the commonplace 'yes, you can' story being told here. It is learning, education in the sense of its real definition of 'to open up'. Consider elementary education where the straight lines start immediately—not only walking into class, but in class, lock step with the teacher, with the material put forth. All trees should be colored with green leaves—a 'fact' that is simply not true, but the message is there to stay: stay within the lines,don't make waves, and is enforced right up to high school graduation. If you move onto the military, that straight line is enforced, one hundred fold. Follow orders, or else. Water is always blue, right? Well, just not so.
In that kind of environment, there is no place for daydreaming, for imagining, indeed, for dreaming. Yet from those places we have computers, sewing machine needles, the DNA strand, and so much more.
What if you became one who dared to go beyond the mold, to break it, and determine your dream and line up all the ducks necessary to its fulfillment.
Mr. Alden walks with you step by step on the path so few dare to tread, even to the point of evaluating friendship—what it means, what trust is, when the friend is simply not a true one and how to let go.
And yes, of course, do expect the naysayers among friends and family—the ones who constantly, usually because of their own agenda for you, tell you that you are dreaming, that “it” is not possible, or that you are just plain irresponsible. Thank them for their input, and move along your chosen path.
If abuse, emotional, physical, spiritual is part of your past history, Mr. Alden will help you find a future where those things no longer are part of your world.
Aside from emotional and psychological support, Mr. Alden provides you with much important basic advice on mortgages, salespeople, capital gains and losses, investments, taxes, tax savings, savings, best use of things to save money, and making money too!
So, if someone, or some institution, along the way has you thinking you can't do, you need to go fetch this book, now, and sit down where “they” can be left behind, and you can find a new vision of you—the one that makes that heretofore impossible dream become your reality.
Enjoy the trip, leave all the old baggage behind dropping a piece or two day by day, and keep going until you hold your rainbow in your hand. OR—the alternative? Woulda, coulda, shoulda?
How do you want to be remembered is the so important question this author asks.
What is the truest answer of your heart, and are you on you way there?
Take this book with you, even if this is just your first step of your journey.
The author will help you become the CEO of your own life!
April 5, 2014
I received a copy from Netgalley and publisher for an honest review.
ASK MORE, GET MORE is not your run of the mill "self help/motivation book". It's filled with practical advice for anyone trying to make ends meet and live a better life. Mr. Alden is a case study in rags to riches. Who can benefit from this book? Anyone. He gives tips to saving money, changing attitudes, and negotiating a discount on just about anything. Use these tips the next time you deal with your phone carrier, cable company, or lawn service.
My career was in sales and management, so I've read the standards and been to the seminars. I enjoyed the book and his experiences. It's not Psychobabble. If you are too young to remember Stuart Smalley and his daily affirmations on SNL...this book will be an eyeopening experience. (Stuart Smalley aka Al Franken is now a US Senator...just saying.)
How to Earn More, Save More, and Live More gives Mr. Alden a platform to promote life and living it to it's fullest. He is willing to share his secrets to successful living down to a few TMI moments. I appreciate his willingness to be brutally honest. Quick and entertaining read. Too bad we didn't learn this stuff in high school.
ASK MORE, GET MORE is not your run of the mill "self help/motivation book". It's filled with practical advice for anyone trying to make ends meet and live a better life. Mr. Alden is a case study in rags to riches. Who can benefit from this book? Anyone. He gives tips to saving money, changing attitudes, and negotiating a discount on just about anything. Use these tips the next time you deal with your phone carrier, cable company, or lawn service.
My career was in sales and management, so I've read the standards and been to the seminars. I enjoyed the book and his experiences. It's not Psychobabble. If you are too young to remember Stuart Smalley and his daily affirmations on SNL...this book will be an eyeopening experience. (Stuart Smalley aka Al Franken is now a US Senator...just saying.)
How to Earn More, Save More, and Live More gives Mr. Alden a platform to promote life and living it to it's fullest. He is willing to share his secrets to successful living down to a few TMI moments. I appreciate his willingness to be brutally honest. Quick and entertaining read. Too bad we didn't learn this stuff in high school.
July 15, 2014
Ask More, Get More
By Michael Alden
Publisher: Emerald Book Company
Ask More, Get More is a great, quick read getting straight that get’s straight to the point.
Alden, reflects on his own life, using his stories to illustrate points of becoming successful. He starts with improving self, that is the way you think, respond, physically appear, and your value. He moves on to others, how you ask, negotiate with others. The third part, examines our approach to life and the world around us.
It is a great book, full of suggestions for people to improve themselves, and it encourages people to do something to make their life better.
By Michael Alden
Publisher: Emerald Book Company
Ask More, Get More is a great, quick read getting straight that get’s straight to the point.
Alden, reflects on his own life, using his stories to illustrate points of becoming successful. He starts with improving self, that is the way you think, respond, physically appear, and your value. He moves on to others, how you ask, negotiate with others. The third part, examines our approach to life and the world around us.
It is a great book, full of suggestions for people to improve themselves, and it encourages people to do something to make their life better.
March 5, 2014
For a self help book, it was ok. His personal story was interesting, but that was about the best thing in the book. The rest of it was typical mumbo jumbo "if you believe it, it will happen" (not a quote, just how it felt reading it). There was really nothing in this book that hasn't been written a thousand times before. I am glad that I got this book in the Good Reads giveaway because I would hate to have actually spent money on it. If it had been a little different, and not so typical, run of the mill mumbo jumbo, I would have given it a different rating and a better review.
March 4, 2014
This is a book everyone should read. It is filled with simple, practical easy to follow through on, steps to increasing your value and getting more. I was never taught these methods, I have given away thousands just by not asking a simple question. I started right away with the first question, and amazingly I got my phone series bill and my cable reduced. I am following his direction it can only bring me more money, and that is a great thing.
May 12, 2014
I liked this book. I wish I had read it earlier in life; I probably would have done some things differently. As soon as I began putting the author's techniques into practice, I saw results. The author writes in a no-nonsense style which some people will relate to very well. This is one of those books that make you go "Hmmmmm."
It may just be me but I can't seem to find the info that the author indicates is on his website.
It may just be me but I can't seem to find the info that the author indicates is on his website.
September 7, 2017
Informative.
June 3, 2014
Ask More, Get More by Michael Alden is one of many self-help books available, but this book is written from a decidedly sales driven perspective. I can imagine Alden handing this book out to either current or prospective employees, much the same way big box retailers hand out “management style” guides to their prospective retail managers in the hopes that they’ll be come intimate with the company vision and the best ways of maximizing profit. It really seemed to highlight how you should work hard no matter what (and wouldn’t that be in the best interest of any CEO of a corporation—that his or her employees work hard regardless of whether or not they get any recognition?) and that eventually, through sheer will and tenacity, you’ll get somewhere. While I understand that much of what happens in a person’s life is due to one’s own beliefs and willingness to go out there and get things done, sometimes we’re better served by cutting our losses and moving on.
For me, the book didn’t start to get to the point until about the middle. And the most useful information came near the very end. I had a hard time deciding whether or not Alden wants people to learn from his sales abilities, or to learn about him. This book was incredibly anecdotal, as most self-help books are, but these anecdotes were rather vague and generally dealt with people that Alden “knows” who have either had success or failure in his life—most often this means he’s talking about experiences of specific family members, or himself. It really gave an overall feeling of having been done before—and unfortunately better—by others.
I this book would have been more enjoyable for me had it either decided that it was a self-help book, or a biography. There was so much of what Alden has done in his life—both the successes and the failures—that it reads much closer to a bio than a self-help book. While there are definitely instances where the information he espouses is helpful, it’s jumbled between anecdotes and other information that really comes across as a sales pitch rather than information a reader can use to better themselves.
While his life is decidedly interesting and his achievements are admirable, I think this book would have been a better read if it were more focused and less anecdotal. I think you will really enjoy this book if you’re looking for a heavily sales-driven approach to self-help (or if you’re looking for tips on how to be a better buyer or sales person).
I was given a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
For me, the book didn’t start to get to the point until about the middle. And the most useful information came near the very end. I had a hard time deciding whether or not Alden wants people to learn from his sales abilities, or to learn about him. This book was incredibly anecdotal, as most self-help books are, but these anecdotes were rather vague and generally dealt with people that Alden “knows” who have either had success or failure in his life—most often this means he’s talking about experiences of specific family members, or himself. It really gave an overall feeling of having been done before—and unfortunately better—by others.
I this book would have been more enjoyable for me had it either decided that it was a self-help book, or a biography. There was so much of what Alden has done in his life—both the successes and the failures—that it reads much closer to a bio than a self-help book. While there are definitely instances where the information he espouses is helpful, it’s jumbled between anecdotes and other information that really comes across as a sales pitch rather than information a reader can use to better themselves.
While his life is decidedly interesting and his achievements are admirable, I think this book would have been a better read if it were more focused and less anecdotal. I think you will really enjoy this book if you’re looking for a heavily sales-driven approach to self-help (or if you’re looking for tips on how to be a better buyer or sales person).
I was given a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
March 28, 2015
Some interesting tips, and the main one for me is about having the confidence to ask for a better deal when purchasing something. Otherwise the tips are fairly obvious, as in use of coupons when shopping, using frequent flyer schemes and suchlike. The author has been trained as a salesperson and thus demonstrates several common sales techniques, but I would have been interested to learn how the prospective buyer can 'counteract' these. There was rather a lot of biographical information about how the author came to be a millionaire, which was useful to a point, but when it came to his describing his charitable works it came across more as self-publicity. Overall it seems a little confused - is it a biography, a guide for sales people, or a guide for consumers?
Reviewed in exchange for a preview copy.
Reviewed in exchange for a preview copy.
November 27, 2014
About 60% in, I figured the book wasn't going to get much better. It wasn't bad but it was more of a biography than self-help. Anecdote after anecdote with the point of the chapter or the section being buried beneath stories of triumph. Which is fine, but it was much more of a motivational sales book. So I couldn't really get with it. Got a few good tips. Work hard, ask for more, and you'll get it. I also have a problem with books that constantly refer to...the book. It's fine in the introduction, but it comes off weird while you're actually reading the book. "We're going to talk about xyz in the book." Just talk about it. If you're into sales, I say check it out. If not, you can pass.
December 22, 2015
الكتاب حقيقه لم يقدم جديد، بل هو خلاصة لنصائح تم ذكرها مسبقا في كتب اخرى، مخلوطة بتجارب الكاتب نفسه كيف بدا من الصفر و من ثم اصبح شخص ناجح. قصة نجاح لا بأس بها.
ثيم الكتاب هو انك تسأل نفسك و غيرك المزيد من دون ان تكون مزعجا و ايضا اشياء تجلب لك الفائدة. كمثال، كيف ان البائعين (بشكل عام) مستعدين لاعطائك المزيد بشكل مجاني فقط لأنك تطلب هذا الشيء و لأنهم يسعوا لكسب العميل. و هي نصيحة افادتني شخصيا بعد ان قرأت الكتاب!!!
و ايضا المزيد من النصائح العمليه هنا و هناك في حياتك اليوميه.
كتاب لا بأس به اطلاقا، بسيط و يمكنك قرائته بسرعه.
ثيم الكتاب هو انك تسأل نفسك و غيرك المزيد من دون ان تكون مزعجا و ايضا اشياء تجلب لك الفائدة. كمثال، كيف ان البائعين (بشكل عام) مستعدين لاعطائك المزيد بشكل مجاني فقط لأنك تطلب هذا الشيء و لأنهم يسعوا لكسب العميل. و هي نصيحة افادتني شخصيا بعد ان قرأت الكتاب!!!
و ايضا المزيد من النصائح العمليه هنا و هناك في حياتك اليوميه.
كتاب لا بأس به اطلاقا، بسيط و يمكنك قرائته بسرعه.
March 8, 2014
I was pretty excited when I won this book through Goodreads. I'd never won a book before. Although it has some of the typical advice given in every self help book there is a lot of useful new advice. I especially like how the author used examples from his own life to demonstrate that you don't have to be special to have these techniques work for you. I look forward to trying some of these techniques and checking out the resources that were referenced.
September 12, 2016
I won this motivational self-help book and was pleased with what it had to offer. Much is common sense but there is many things you may not have thought of. Ways to save money. Ways to help manage your income and to make more just by doing your homework and research. It is worth the read and I would recommend it to anyone looking for this type of information. There is a lot packed into this book - check it out!
May 13, 2016
Between what I was expecting and what I got, I am more than a little disappointed. What I thought this was, was a self-help book, with tips and things like that. What I got was more of a biography with a few tips scattered throughout. Michael's like was interesting for the most part, but I can't overlook that for what it was promising, it was a big let down.
October 27, 2018
Some key ideas:
Use imagination and words every day in a habitual way to attain greatness.
Fire friends who don't support you in growing.
Excuses are ways to feel better that don't actually make us do or be better.
Make role models of people who don't accept excuses but do and are better.
Use imagination and words every day in a habitual way to attain greatness.
Fire friends who don't support you in growing.
Excuses are ways to feel better that don't actually make us do or be better.
Make role models of people who don't accept excuses but do and are better.
January 13, 2015
Really good tips to be successful!
May 10, 2014
some useful stuff mostly marktting fluff
November 15, 2014
Simple scattered advice by an author with a powerful story who needed a good editor.
May 10, 2015
Short but a powerful book. Distils the essence of living life to the full by being optimistic, passionate, healthy and hardworking. Strewn with a lot of personal examples as well. Quick refresher.
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