Quotes from Laura Fredricks

you talk 25 percent of the time, and they talk 75 percent.

This is where we "overtalk the ask." You begin explaining more about why there is a need for what you want without listening to their thoughts. If you don't know their thoughts, you guess what they are, and you jump in with long and lengthy explanations, qualifications, or negotiations, hoping you will convince the person to say yes.

To listen well is to figure out what's on someone's mind and demonstrate that you care enough to want to know," states Kate Murphy in You're Not Listening: What You're Missing & Why It Matters.

Small steps will have transformational results.

Listening is about curiosity and patience—about asking the right questions in the right way." You simply cannot begin to even think of asking for anything and expect really great results unless you have practiced the art of active listening.

You need organization to organize your thoughts to optimize your success, structure to secure your stability and strength to make your best choices, and focus because where focus goes, success grows.

When you ask for money, you are not taking something away; you are giving an opportunity.

2S+1Q. Every ask needs to be two sentences and one question. The directness of this approach is key to your success. Remember that most asks are overasked and overexplained, and quite simply, there is just way too much discussion on your part so that you leave the person wondering, "Now just what is it that I'm supposed to be thinking about?

Money affects us all, at all stages in our lives. It has the power to enhance and boost our lives, or it can hinder and impede our happiness and lifestyles. I call it an "emotional firecracker." When things are good monetarily, and you feel that you are in a good financial state, life is good.