meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

#124: Just Ask! The 10 Rules You Need to Ask With Confidence with Heather!

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

Heather Monahan

Self-improvement, Education, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Why is asking for what you want so hard sometimes!? We can be so afraid of asking that we are depriving ourselves and others of amazing opportunities. So here is the truth: It is our JOB to ask and let the other person make the decision. Don’t decide for them! And this week I share the 10 basic rules of asking from my book, Confidence Creator. I also cover tips for speaking, the evolution of working for yourself, and how to know when you are in a toxic environment.  Rate, Review, and Subscribe to the podcast here! To inquire about my coaching program opportunity visit https://mentorship.heathermonahan.com/    Review this podcast on Apple Podcast using this LINK and when you DM me the screen shot, I buy you my $299 video course as a thank you!    My book Confidence Creator is available now! get it right HERE   If you are looking for more tips you can download my free E-book at my website and thank you! https://heathermonahan.com    *If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the wrap up segment of Creating Confidence, contact Heather Monahan directly through her website and don’t forget to subscribe to the mailing list so you don’t skip a beat to all things Confidence Creating!     See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Come on this journey with me. Each week when you join me, we are going to chase down our goals,

0:05.8

overcome adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow.

0:09.2

That's in your seat.

0:11.2

I'm ready for my close-up. And welcome back. I'm so excited. You're back here with me again this week.

0:16.4

This week I wanted to get into the concept of asking. Here's why. So, funny thing happened. I was at the chiropractor and I was

0:28.8

complaining that during coronavirus times when we couldn't be indoors to work out.

0:35.0

We were working outside and it was so beautiful and I was so grateful and loved it.

0:40.0

However, now Soul Cycle has changed that and they've put us in this really small dark room inside of a hotel.

0:47.0

And I miss being outside and I was just talking to my chiropractor about where else could I work out that I could possibly be outside or

0:54.3

in bigger space or I need to mix it up somehow I can't just stay in this routine if I'm not really

0:59.1

excited about it anymore it doesn't make sense and I was in a rut. And he said to me, okay, you've got to go boxing. I am not a boxer. Clearly, we know that I am not a boxer. And I said, oh my gosh, that sounds like a guy thing. That sounds dirty.

1:12.8

That sounds like tattoos and not my scene.

1:16.4

And he said, sounds like you don't want to go.

1:18.3

You should go.

1:19.2

Which totally reminded me of when a friend of mine told me I should take a stand-up

1:24.1

comedy class I didn't want to do it he made me do it I did it and I'm so grateful I

1:28.0

did that's where I realized that my ability to stand on a stage and speak wasn't something everyone had.

1:34.2

It was a unique difference about me and I really started to lean into it after that class.

1:40.0

So I thought, okay, if I feel uncomfortable and I feel scared, I need to do it.

1:44.0

Here's another reason why I need to do it, because I'm speaking for Harvard this week for the first time.

1:50.1

Now, you know I've been teaching there, but being hired as a keynote speaker for Harvard is different

1:56.0

than teaching there. It's a different audience. You're paid through a different division.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Heather Monahan, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Heather Monahan and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.