Ask Boldly: The Science, Soul, and Strategy Behind Getting What You Need

What if the life you long for is just one question away?

We are taught to work harder, show less, and expect even less in return. We're praised for independence and shamed for needing help. But beneath the silence, something sacred stirs-a voice that says: Ask.

Ask Boldly is the book that meets you there-where hesitation ends and courage begins. In this deeply human, transformative guide, author John Holiday dismantles the myths, fears, and cultural scripts that keep us from speaking our truth. Through science-backed insight, soul-rich storytelling, and a revolutionary yet practical framework, this book rewires how we see asking-not as weakness, but as power.

Drawing from evolutionary biology, psychology, leadership strategy, and real-life stories that span the globe, Ask Boldly shows why asking is more than a skill-it's a way of life. A single mother's life-saving request. A refugee's bold question that launched a business. A rejected artist who turned one "no" into a movement. These are not just stories. They are mirrors.

Across every chapter, you'll learn to:

• Name what you truly need-with clarity and courage.
• Identify the right person to ask-and the wrong one.
• Frame your ask so it opens doors instead of shutting them.
• Bounce back from no-and keep asking with grace.
• Make asking not a one-time act, but a lifelong habit of power, connection, and purpose.

Whether you're asking for forgiveness, funding, support, clarity, love, or simply a seat at the table, this book is your permission slip. A map. A push forward. And a reminder that you were never meant to go it alone.

You'll discover:

• Why humans are biologically wired to ask-and emotionally terrified to do so.
• How class, race, gender, shame, and power shape who feels "allowed" to ask.
• The difference between desperate asking and dignified asking-and how to stand firmly in your worth.
• How bold asks built empires, movements, families, and futures.

Ask Boldly doesn't just teach you how to ask. It teaches you how to live in a way that honors your needs, your voice, and your right to be heard.

Because asking isn't about begging.
It's about becoming.

This is your invitation to speak up, reach out, and change everything-with one bold question at a time.