Rich people save their money and then spend the rest. Poor people spend their money and then save the rest. Learn the difference.

I realized recently that every time I spent every penny in my pocket back in my twenties was because of hopelessness and thinking that it is pointless to try to save any money if I’m not making millions every month. It’s shocking when you sit back and imagine the amount of money wasted, not well spent on stuff you enjoy and really want, even if it’s not an investment, but instead, just blown away by the spirit of not giving a damn anymore, and that if you exercised self control a little bit, I would’ve amassed hundreds of thousands by this age. It’s unbelievable. I just hope others don’t make the same mistake. Money is more important than most people think. We shouldn’t treat it as something expendable that much.

A lot of people who are running small businesses online feel humiliated whenever they feel their passion for helping people is met by cold reactions from customers looking to squeeze the shit out of you to get maximum benefit for almost zero cost.

There’s a way to bypass all this. Make hiring you impossible except through paying first. They click on the offer and they pay before you even know they want to hire you. I hate automation but when it comes to payment, I love it. You can charge specific prices for certain amounts of work or services, which preferably shouldn’t be in return for periods of your time, but instead, for specific services or products, even if the time it takes you to make them is 2 minutes. If they don’t like it, they can leave. You have enough for free content to make anyone unwilling to pay not have a chance to call you a person all about the money. Bottom line is this: don’t negotiate prices, and don’t lower your standards to appease the masses.