"[...] modern culture and the stories we tell ourselves about how life should go keep us in ego protection mode for far too long": since I've been offering some of my free time for mentoring sessions, I've had quite a few people asking me how much the second session would cost.
And I've replied quite a few time "if it costs me nothing, wh…
"[...] modern culture and the stories we tell ourselves about how life should go keep us in ego protection mode for far too long": since I've been offering some of my free time for mentoring sessions, I've had quite a few people asking me how much the second session would cost.
And I've replied quite a few time "if it costs me nothing, why you should pay me?".
We are so used to monetizing everything that people are taken aback when you do something for free that they think you could've charged for.
Another aspect that I noticed is that people almost never come back to you, even when the feedback from the first session is really positive.
Sure, it might just be that they go on about their lives, but some part of me thinks that, even if it's for free, it's really hard for people to ask for help or even an opinion, because we fall back into ego-protection mode (and I'm the poster boy for that: I've been offering free mentoring sessions for almost two years, but I have yet to go out and look for mentors for myself...).
"[...] modern culture and the stories we tell ourselves about how life should go keep us in ego protection mode for far too long": since I've been offering some of my free time for mentoring sessions, I've had quite a few people asking me how much the second session would cost.
And I've replied quite a few time "if it costs me nothing, why you should pay me?".
We are so used to monetizing everything that people are taken aback when you do something for free that they think you could've charged for.
Another aspect that I noticed is that people almost never come back to you, even when the feedback from the first session is really positive.
Sure, it might just be that they go on about their lives, but some part of me thinks that, even if it's for free, it's really hard for people to ask for help or even an opinion, because we fall back into ego-protection mode (and I'm the poster boy for that: I've been offering free mentoring sessions for almost two years, but I have yet to go out and look for mentors for myself...).