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through the door. Giving 150% for an income
that barely pays for your petrol there. Bending
over backwards for people who take, take,
take. I remember the emails I used to write
in the beginning. A client couldn’t afford my
low pricing after I worked with them for free
for a while. I sent them a quote after halving
the amount and felt bad that I had to ask for
their money. I had landed at a place where
I needed an income; contra wasn’t going to
cut it. I was tired of racing all over town to
benefit possible leads and never myself nor
my family.
However, I reached a point where enough
was enough. If someone had an issue paying
me a dollar more than a cup of coffee a
week, then they were not my ideal client. It
took a time to see this. It took a long time
to tell myself not to do everything for free. It
took an internal battle between my generous
heart and business head to brainstorm WHO I
wanted to work with and to stand up for rights
as a business person, a wife, a mother trying
to survive.
Human nature puts no value on things
that are free. We show up more, tend to
be accountable and never miss a session
if we have invested in the process. You
need to know you are worth it and again,
it’s surrounding yourself with the right
cheerleading team. People will take, take,
take… unless you show them where the
boundary line is.
-PHILIPPA MANNAGH, LIKED MEDIA
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