Women's Health Australia

How to Ask For Anything

If we told you there’s a sure-fire way to get what you desire – or at least get closer to it – you’d want in on the secret, right? Rhetorical question, we know. But one that deserves some thought. Because even though women can be masterful connectors, some of us bomb when it comes to tapping our relationships for our own benefit. “[There are] women [who] don’t ask for what, “or because they worry about what people will think.” Unlike others, we don’t want to ‘exploit’ our network, research published in the journal says. The study authors concluded it came down to self-imposed feelings of hesitation and modesty. So many of us accept our circumstances and trudge on.

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