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How to Negotiate a Raise
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How to Negotiate a Raise
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Career & Finance

How to Negotiate a Raise

Get paid what you're actually worth

You are underpaid. There is a very good chance the person sitting next to you - doing roughly the same job - is earning more. Not because they're smarter. Because they asked. This guide gives you the exact system: build your case, set your number, have the conversation, handle every objection. No fluff. Just the moves.

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Why You Need This Book

85% of people who negotiate their salary are successful. Most people never ask. This book exists for the majority who know they're underpaid but don't know how to have the conversation without it feeling awkward or risky. It gives you the exact system: build your case, set your number, say the words, handle every objection.

Build a Brag Document that makes your case undeniable

Research your market rate from three independent sources

Use the anchoring effect to set the number in your favour

Deliver word-for-word scripts for every scenario

Handle every objection including 'the budget is frozen'

Know exactly what to do when they say no the first time

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What's Inside

The Brag Document - your evidence file built before you ask
Market rate research from 3 sources - know your number
The anchoring effect - why you must state the number first
Word-for-word scripts for every scenario
Calibrated questions from FBI negotiation applied to salary
The competing offer play - when and how to use it
What to do when they say no
Practice spaces in every chapter - write your scripts, not just read them

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Why You Haven't Asked Yet
Chapter 2: The Foundation - Build Your Case
Chapter 3: Timing - When to Ask
Chapter 4: The Number - How Much to Ask For
Chapter 5: The Conversation - What to Actually Say
Chapter 6: The Psychology - Their Side of the Table
Chapter 7: The Email Approach
Chapter 8: When They Say No
Chapter 9: The Competing Offer
Chapter 10: The Raise Timeline
Chapter 11: The Scripts
Chapter 12: The Mistakes
Chapter 13: Special Situations
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A Taste of What You'll Learn

Pro Tips

Start your Brag Document today - not when you decide to ask. The best negotiators have 6–12 months of documented wins before they open their mouth. Every win you don't write down is a win you can't use.

After you state your number, stop talking. The silence feels unbearable. That's the point. The person who speaks first in a negotiation pause is usually the one who concedes. Let it work.

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Don't Be That Person

Don't justify your raise with personal financial needs. 'My rent went up' is irrelevant to your employer. They are paying for your contribution to the business, not your lifestyle. Keep it professional.

Don't give a salary range. If you say '$70,000 to $80,000,' your employer hears '$70,000.' Pick the top of your range and state it as a single specific number.

This is just a sample. The full book contains dozens more Pro Tips and Don't Be That Person moments.

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