The Night Guy


Once again, Genevieve Hayes came up with a follow up to yesterday's message: The Elephant.

"I think Jerry Seinfeld expressed this one best:"
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This is what got me to stop passing my problems forward and making them the problems of "future me".

Mic drop, Genevieve.

Rod Aparicio

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The wrong focus. On customers that are not profitable. On products that no one needs. On numbers (revenue, sales), over profits. On people who just won't do the thing or put the work. Choosing is hard, yet simple. You've always known what you should do. Take that first next step and just start.

To deliver surprise you need to be comfortable with risk. No risk, and you'll be expected, predictable. And if you want to stand out in your market, predictability works in favor of your competitors. Awe them. Awe your customers.

During a conversation this past week, I heard that. That raising your prices 5X or 10X, or charging one client different (probably 10X more) from another is not fair. Or that it's wrong. What are your thoughts on that?