My OperaNeediness
Sunday, December 26, 2010 4:39:28 AM
It's not a good idea to use neediness as the deciding factor. Lots of people are so needy that when you help them they become more clingy and dependent. Helping the very needy often just perpetuates neediness. I know from experience this is a poor choice in general.
The price isn't meant as a filter for wealthy clients either... at least not directly.
What's most important for me is to help people who are in a good position to pay it forward, meaning that when I help someone, it's likely to have a perpetual positive impact because the person I'm helping has the leverage to apply the ideas more broadly than most people.
For example, if I help someone who's running a mid-sized business, I can potentially benefit everyone that business touches. If I help someone who's in a largely powerless position, however, the impact will likely be much lower. There are always exceptions, but what's the best bet? I'd rather bet on helping those who are in a good position to help others.
Using money as a filter isn't perfect, but it's a realistic option that increases the odds of attracting clients who are in a good position to pay it forward.
I always have the option to help people for free when I can see it's a good idea -- I've been doing that all along. But a price tag is a reasonable way to make sure I'm investing my time in a more leveraged way. People who can afford to pay $500+ for a consultation are probably in a good position (and very motivated) to apply the ideas to good effect.
Imagine you're in charge of deciding which cells of your body you'll divert extra resources to, but those resources are limited. Will you help the neediest cells? That's suboptimal. The best approach is to help the cells that are in the best position to magnify your limited resource.
I also need a way to separate the casual requests (people who impulsively fire off questions with no real commitment to applying the answers) from the serious requests (people who are truly committed to growth and change and who will apply the answers to good effect, paying it forward to benefit others as well). Charging a fee isn't perfectly accurate, but it's realistic, reasonable, and has low overhead. Charging a fee coupled with my own discretion is even better.
Generating income from this also means I can provide a better service than I'd be able to do if it was totally free. Income gives me the option to hire others to help me. It will also help me improve this website, such as by making it ad-free for everyone.
If I only have time to impactfully help X number of people per year one-on-one, I want those X people to be in a good position to apply the ideas and pay it forward. If someone balks at a $500 price tag, it's unlikely they'll be a good candidate vs. someone who can afford it easily.
If you could help shift the mindset of a corporate CEO vs. a broke college student, which person would you choose to work with for an hour? Where could you make the biggest positive difference? Your answer may be different than mine, but I'd choose to work with the CEO because the CEO will likely have a lot more leverage than the student. Being able to afford a certain price is a good sign of leverage.
$500 is actually way too cheap for the kinds of people I ultimately want to reach one-on-one. I'll probably need to get it to at least 10x that amount. Otherwise such people will assume I can't be that good because I only charge $500/hour. But for now it's a start.
In the long run, I expect to get into corporate consulting, helping corporations bring themselves into better alignment with truth, love, and power. In corporate America, for instance, we've got lots of power without enough truth and love. This causes many problems (such as an endless stream of wars) and lowers our collective consciousness. That needs to change. I can't deny responsibility for this situation, so I have to do something about it. Starting with $500 consultations will help get me going on that path. Imagine how much this planet would change if we could raise the consciousness of our most powerful corporate leaders... even by just a small amount. I believe this is a vision worth pursuing.
This article was written by Steve Pavlina as a forum post. I'm just sharing his wisdom while putting up my links below to get link juice. You can find him on StevePavlina.com
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The price isn't meant as a filter for wealthy clients either... at least not directly.
What's most important for me is to help people who are in a good position to pay it forward, meaning that when I help someone, it's likely to have a perpetual positive impact because the person I'm helping has the leverage to apply the ideas more broadly than most people.
For example, if I help someone who's running a mid-sized business, I can potentially benefit everyone that business touches. If I help someone who's in a largely powerless position, however, the impact will likely be much lower. There are always exceptions, but what's the best bet? I'd rather bet on helping those who are in a good position to help others.
Using money as a filter isn't perfect, but it's a realistic option that increases the odds of attracting clients who are in a good position to pay it forward.
I always have the option to help people for free when I can see it's a good idea -- I've been doing that all along. But a price tag is a reasonable way to make sure I'm investing my time in a more leveraged way. People who can afford to pay $500+ for a consultation are probably in a good position (and very motivated) to apply the ideas to good effect.
Imagine you're in charge of deciding which cells of your body you'll divert extra resources to, but those resources are limited. Will you help the neediest cells? That's suboptimal. The best approach is to help the cells that are in the best position to magnify your limited resource.
I also need a way to separate the casual requests (people who impulsively fire off questions with no real commitment to applying the answers) from the serious requests (people who are truly committed to growth and change and who will apply the answers to good effect, paying it forward to benefit others as well). Charging a fee isn't perfectly accurate, but it's realistic, reasonable, and has low overhead. Charging a fee coupled with my own discretion is even better.
Generating income from this also means I can provide a better service than I'd be able to do if it was totally free. Income gives me the option to hire others to help me. It will also help me improve this website, such as by making it ad-free for everyone.
If I only have time to impactfully help X number of people per year one-on-one, I want those X people to be in a good position to apply the ideas and pay it forward. If someone balks at a $500 price tag, it's unlikely they'll be a good candidate vs. someone who can afford it easily.
If you could help shift the mindset of a corporate CEO vs. a broke college student, which person would you choose to work with for an hour? Where could you make the biggest positive difference? Your answer may be different than mine, but I'd choose to work with the CEO because the CEO will likely have a lot more leverage than the student. Being able to afford a certain price is a good sign of leverage.
$500 is actually way too cheap for the kinds of people I ultimately want to reach one-on-one. I'll probably need to get it to at least 10x that amount. Otherwise such people will assume I can't be that good because I only charge $500/hour. But for now it's a start.
In the long run, I expect to get into corporate consulting, helping corporations bring themselves into better alignment with truth, love, and power. In corporate America, for instance, we've got lots of power without enough truth and love. This causes many problems (such as an endless stream of wars) and lowers our collective consciousness. That needs to change. I can't deny responsibility for this situation, so I have to do something about it. Starting with $500 consultations will help get me going on that path. Imagine how much this planet would change if we could raise the consciousness of our most powerful corporate leaders... even by just a small amount. I believe this is a vision worth pursuing.
This article was written by Steve Pavlina as a forum post. I'm just sharing his wisdom while putting up my links below to get link juice. You can find him on StevePavlina.com
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