by Paul Quinn | Jul 1, 2025 | Asking - Relationships, Human Behavior, Personal Development, Relationships
Can taking time to ask personal questions enrich our relationships—whether with friends, neighbors, family members, romantic partners, coworkers, or strangers in passing? That’s one of the questions I pose in my book, The Big Ask. But the bigger question, the...
by Paul Quinn | Nov 22, 2024 | Asking - Consumer, Asking - Empowerment, Handling Conflicts, Human Behavior
This is a post about asking that begins, for the sake of analogy, with a seemingly unrelated topic: Crosswalks (bear with me!). Imagine you’re walking in a crosswalk. At the halfway point, you see a driver waiting for you to cross so they can turn. Even though you...
by Paul Quinn | Oct 29, 2024 | Asking - Empowerment, Human Behavior, Personal Development
What if you could direct your imagination to “put on” a new perspective aligned with the reality you wish to create? This is the first of two posts about using affirmations and visualizations, respectively, in effective ways. In this one, we’ll focus on...
by Paul Quinn | Aug 8, 2023 | Asking - Relationships, Communication Skills, Human Behavior
From dating to mating and beyond, many people find it difficult to ask their partners for what they want. I asked Rachel Sussman, LCSW, to shed some light on this topic. She is a licensed psychotherapist, relationship expert, writer and lecturer. Rachel is the founder...
