Recently a certain book has come to the attention of a number of people, what with it’s promise right in the title, it kind of catches the eye- “How To Get a Raise This Week: With or Without Your Boss’ Permission”. Hmm. So we wanted to check it out and the author behind it to see what we could learn and whether the book could deliver on it’s huge promise. So here we go.

1. “How To Get A Raise This Week Review”
Recently a certain book has come to the attention of a number of people, what with it’s promise right in
the title, it kind of catches the eye- “How To Get a Raise This Week: With or Without Your Boss’
Permission”. Hmm. So we wanted to check it out and the author behind it to see what we could learn
and whether the book could deliver on it’s huge promise. So here we go.
First of all, “How To Get a Raise This Week” is authored by Ryan Shaffer, a business owner and
entrepreneur in his early thirties. My first thought was how much knowledge can he is he really going to
be bringing to the table, since I would have expected this kind of book from someone a bit older. But
then again there are more and more people becoming entrepreneurs at early ages these days,so I
figured I’d keep an open mind. Wellit turns out the author has run businesses since age 24, so probably
a lot. Also , when you check out his bio ,apparently he works with a consulting company as well doing
business coaching and leadership training. Ok. Well if other companies are trusting this dude for advice
maybe he does know what he’s talking about . Let’s move on to the content then.
First of all , this book really surprise me with what was inside. The author spends the first 50 pages or so
describing basic economic principles, defining assets, and demonstrating why most people in the US
don’t have any money at the end of the year. Then he makes the presumption that the United States
economy is not likely to recover soon ( though he does add reasons to back up this supposition) and says
every one needs to take things into their own hands.
So after this he finally gets to the part on how to go about asking your boss for a raise. At the end of this
chapter he goes on to say that in the end, asking your boss for a raise is out of your own hands-and
what’s next will tell you how to help yourself in the advent you get turned down.
I don’t want to give too much away, but basically the book demonstrates how you can add an extra four
hundred to six hundred dollars a month to your immediate pay and keep thousands a year

2. yourreturning to the government that you could be keeping. This is the kind of information you’re not
taught in school and as he asserts- only business owners and the wealthy really know.
It’s actually pretty useful and hey, if you get a return of even a few hundred dollars a month from buying
this book you can call that a good investment.
But the author doesn’t stop there. He uses the last few chapters to talk about goal-setting , why our
economic system is broken- and what you can do to keep yourself from feeling the fate of so many
others.
All of these were subjects that opened my eyes; my only complaint was that the
writing can be a little bit technical at times, but all in all I would certainly
recommend this book. You can get it here if you’re interested.