Jaime

“This is a terrible way to live—unfulfilled because you could not ask for something that you really wanted or, worse, didn’t ask for to avoid pain. Fear of rejection and fear of hearing a “no” to your ask has always prevented many people from asking.”
― Laura Fredricks, Hard Asks Made Easy: How to Get Exactly What You Want

“You always had that power, that desire, to have answers that would fulfill you as a person. You always asked without knowing you were asking. Would it not be amazing if we could go back in time and return to those innocent and simple days when getting the answer to just one or two questions would make your day, and nothing else in the world mattered?”
― Laura Fredricks, Hard Asks Made Easy: How to Get Exactly What You Want

“I believe and have heard from many people that one of the hardest asks anyone can make is to ask for help. When you do that, your request can make people feel helpless, out of control, less than, or irresponsible. We have the tendency to judge ourselves by looking around and seeing and hearing other people coping with life just fine without asking for help.”
― Laura Fredricks, Hard Asks Made Easy: How to Get Exactly What You Want

“When you catch yourself saying things and doing things that indicate you expect the other person will know exactly what you mean and will do what you anticipate, take a minute and see if you actually asked for what you wanted. Chances are you never asked.”
― Laura Fredricks, Hard Asks Made Easy: How to Get Exactly What You Want