From Ask For It: How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want, by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever.

Week two and we’re starting to stretch. The goal for this week is setting a high target. Choose small things that aren’t that important to you. Determine the most you think you can get. Now double that.

Here are the examples from the book:

If you’ve been planning to offer 10% less for an item in a second-hand or antiques shop, see if you can get it for 20% less. Do you want to ask for a few days off? Ask for a week off plus another week for the holidays. Need a new office chair? Ask for the chair and new blinds for the windows.

The second part of this week’s exercise is the giggle test: ask for as much as you can without giggling, blushing, stammering or exhibiting your own personal nervous tic. Figure out your give away—your behavioral cues—and work to not give yourself away.

Good luck gym rats! Oh yeah, tell me what you’re asking for before the end of the week to inspire me.