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🗓️ 4 February 2020
⏱️ 79 minutes
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0:00.0 | This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host. |
0:06.4 | This is the James Altiger Show. |
0:09.4 | Today on the James Altiger Show. |
0:15.6 | This book is crucial because I'll tell you first, I once wrote a book of S.C.L.R. |
0:21.1 | The Power of No and the publisher asked me, what do I want to write next? |
0:24.3 | And I said I want to write the power of ask because I am horrible at it and I'm so |
0:29.5 | bad at it, I couldn't write the book. |
0:31.7 | I'm so glad I didn't write the book because you would have embarrassed me with this book |
0:35.2 | because it's so solid and you give such practical techniques. |
0:38.9 | But I have to ask, like for me, I feel really uncomfortable asking upwards. |
0:45.9 | You know, if I need something and it's something that I think is a little bit hard for the |
0:50.0 | other person to give or it's a bigger ask than normal, I feel I can't do it. |
0:55.1 | I'm just so awkward doing it. |
0:57.0 | I just can't ask for anything. |
0:59.4 | And I'm sure you encounter this a lot. |
1:01.0 | Yeah, I think it's true for most people. |
1:04.2 | It's true for me sometimes as well. |
1:05.8 | We ought to refer to our negotiation colleagues here, I think. |
1:08.6 | Yeah, I was going to say from teaching negotiations a few times. |
1:13.8 | I think the biggest thing that I learned was that it's often easier to ask for advice |
1:18.1 | than help. |
1:19.1 | Yes, I actually, so as a negotiator, I always start off a negotiation asking for advice. |
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