FR Ep 052: How To Ask For Exactly What You Want with Eldonna Lewis-Fernandez

On today’s episode, Gina introduces us to special guest and master negotiator Eldonna Lewis- Fernandez who will share key strategies to help you to navigate how to ask for exactly what you want! Eldonna is a retired USAF Master Sargeant with over 3 decades of negotiation experience and she is passionate about helping you know how to ask for exactly what you want. Often women struggle with knowing how to stand in their power and speak up for themselves. If you find yourself in that place, tune in to listen to her compelling story, her own personal and professional journey of stepping into knowing and asking for what she wanted. Learn about the power of relationship capital and how you utilize your thought life to propel you towards those things that you really want. What’s the secret? Eldonna believes :”The secret to life isn’t about what happens to you, it’s what you do with what happens to you.” So if you’re ready to do things differently and finally get what you want, grab a cuppa something wonderful, a girlfriend, and click play to begin your life changing journey! http://www.feminineroadmap.com/episode052/

SHOW NOTES:
5:01 Navigating the shift from military life to civilian life
9:36 Adapt and overcome
“Wake up every day thinking and saying, ‘things go well for me- things are better off with me in them.’ ”
13:00 Rejection is never personal
“Your ask has to be equal to your relationship.”
19:30 Thoughts are things
“What you think about you bring about.”
23:34 Releasing resentment
27:42 The role of faith
30:30 Get your ASK in gear
37:11 Practicing your asking skills
“On the other side of fear is the opportunity to change lives.”
43:34 Staying in the flow with your mission
46:16 Don’t carry yesterday’s mess into today
49:46 Take affirmative action to heal
“The secret to life isn’t about what happen to you, it’s about what you do with what happens to you.”
54:54 Final thoughts: Own your power