The difference is the risk


The difference between charging 300K and 10K to the same client, project, and scope: the risk.

  • The risk to ask what's important to them.
  • The risk to make and deliver on a promise.
  • The risk to stop thinking of what you can do, to start thinking of what they [truly] want.
  • The risk to walk away.
  • The risk to push back.
  • The risk to be the expert.
  • The risk to think big for them.
  • The risk of looking dumb.
  • The risk to put your money where your mouth is.
  • The risk of helping.

Fortunately for all of us, these risks are not physical. :)

Rod Aparicio

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