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2 years from now
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Think of that. What do you think would be cool for you and/or your business to happen 2 years from now? And this has nothing to do with "new year's resolutions" (they're no more than good intentions that'll guilt-trip you at some point). Make a pause —for real— and stop everything you're doing now. Now, think: "What would be cool for me / my business to happen 2 years from now?" Whatever you think you can or can't, it'll happen. Small hint: has nothing to do with many things at once. :) Let me know what comes you your mind. |
Rod Aparicio
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Super Deluxe Hardback Book in Cloth, Slipcase with Exclusive Blue Color LP. 4 105 EUR Would you pay for this? Material production costs. 35 - 50 EUR Effort put into it. A lot. Does it make this worth it per se? Signature. 0.5 EUR in the ink used. It's just a book, after all. Unless, the price is not about what's the book made of. Or the cover. Or its story. Or the attached LP. Or because it's "deluxe". Or even the signature.
Business is not busyness. Being busy doesn't mean you're actually bringing value to your business. And even worse, you might not bringing value to your customers (the right ones). You might end up full of tasks, to-dos, overwhelm and choose to focus on every customer (because they're all important, right?). And what you're doing is choosing to ignore your most profitable ones over the ones who are not. Keeping that game for long will end in only busyness —quite likely without a business.
It's a way to have what you gain over your prospects and customers' proposed set budget. Think of it as the extra fund for fun (new projects, new products, more vacation, more bonuses, paid-time-to-think-bigger...). Blair Enns calls it your RAB Fund. And gives this example: Let’s say you have a client with a stated budget of $20,000 and you present a proposal with options priced at $20k, $35k and $90k. (Don’t read too much into those numbers or their relationships with each other.) If the...