Wisdom

People who don't pay simply don't value it enough, and you can't change that

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the reason they're not paying you whether it's lemonade or a podcast is the same and either in either case, is they don't value you enough to pay you. They don't value your product high enough to pay you and you can't change that.

Episode 96: Foie Gras (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:22:27 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Responding to complaints about tiny value-for-value payments, Dave uses a lemonade stand analogy. Lots of people will never stop at your stand. Whether it's lemonade or a podcast, the reason someone doesn't pay is the same: they don't value it highly enough, and you can't change that.

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  1. Episode 96: Foie Gras (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:20:52 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

    the value for value philosophy, part of it has been by far the hardest thing to explain to people. Yeah, it's, it's a mind. It's a mind Twister.

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