ab 12 • Audiobook • 01:08:23 • September 2026

You have never asked for more money. You accepted the first number, thanked them, and spent the next two years quietly wishing you had said something. This audiobook gives you a method you can actually use out loud. The Five-Line Ask is five plain spoken lines that carry every raise, job offer and promotion conversation, taught in order, from researching your real market number to what you say when a manager tells you there is no budget. Each chapter opens with a real-feeling negotiation from a nurse, an admin, an engineer or a first-time manager, pulls out the principle behind it, works through one small realistic figure such as a $2,400 raise or a $4,000 higher starting offer, and closes with a script you can rehearse this week. It is honest about timing, about pushback, and about the employers who still say no. By the last chapter you will know your number, your lines, and your reply to every common objection. Press play, and start practising before your next review.