Big Ask Blog


All about the importance, power, and skill of asking

From Fearless Ask to Entrepreneur: Meet Adele Nandan

From Fearless Ask to Entrepreneur: Meet Adele Nandan

In this article we explore my interviewee's life-changing ask, her thoughts on Indian women's attitudes about asking, and how she views asking differently at work and home. Adele Nandan is founder and chief experience officer of The JoYOUs Journey, a full-service...

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Asking for Truth: The Mystery of an Estranged Brother

Asking for Truth: The Mystery of an Estranged Brother

"Truth isn't always beauty," wrote Nadine Gordimer, "but the hunger for it is." To be sure, it's a hunger we're not always willing to satisfy, nor even nibble at. It takes courage—sometimes extraordinary amounts of it—to ask for the truth. Because once it's revealed...

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Prove You Can Do This: Russell Leander’s Story

Prove You Can Do This: Russell Leander’s Story

At 19, after a post-high school "gap year" of jobs digging ditches in the Arizona desert and folding underwear, I realized that I'd better go to college or the gap year might become a gap life.  I applied to several colleges, all of which turned me down for the same...

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She Asked and Hollywood said YES

She Asked and Hollywood said YES

For people who are unafraid to ask, the world is filled with possibilities. For one such person, an adventurous spirit and a series of asks fast-tracked her from her home in the Midwest to the television studios of Los Angeles. In her 30s, Margaret Moira "Peg" O’Brien...

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