How do you feel about asking for money in any situation?

- Asking clients to pay you?

- Asking for a raise?

- Asking friends to pay you what they owe you?

What goes through your head when you have to ask for money, even if it’s money owed to you?

Asking for money or increasing my prices and letting people know about the price increase was very stressful for me.

I used to believe that asking for money made me look like a beggar and made people pity me; I used to think people would look at me and think, “oh shame, she’s broke, that’s why she is asking for her money.”

And because I didn’t want the pity (even when I was broke), I’d wait, pray and hope that people would remember to pay me my money or tip me for work done.