Comments on: When Operating your Side Business Remember to Value ‘You’

By: Breaking Free of the Cage: Escaping the Rat Race | Invest It Wisely

Breaking Free of the Cage: Escaping the Rat Race | Invest It Wisely — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:09:23 +0000

[...] My Journey to Millions: Time is Valuable Even When Creating Multiple Streams of Income [...]

By: Craig/FFB

Craig/FFB — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:04:03 +0000

Sounds like you did it well. I’m sure every small business goes through things like this as learning lessons. Now you know. The next client will have a different set of boundaries from you.

By: Funny about Money

Funny about Money — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:06:23 +0000

Absolutely! You were amazingly patient to put up with the situation as long as you did.

My tax lawyer charges me when I call her and ask her about whatever damnfool thing I can dream up. She waits until she’s done each year’s taxes to heave a gigantic bill at me. I think that’s only fair. She’s not in practice to hand out free advice, nor should she be.

As a lawyer (and CPA), all you really have to sell is your time. Of course, your time possesses a great deal of value added: years of fancy education and (we hope) highly refined judgment. Giving away your time when a client calls about an ancillary question is like a grocer giving away a a bag of salad makings after a customer has bought a steak. When did you last get away with that at the local Safeway?

Your approach was highly professional. Now you know to lay out that kind of groundwork at the outset of a client-professional relationship.

By: Samurai

Samurai — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:43:15 +0000

Tough to say man. But, lesson learned and best to be upfront from the beginning. 1 hour “freebie” and then cut it off.

By: Money Reasons

Money Reasons — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:37:11 +0000

Hey, that http://www.crossloop.com looks pretty cool! I’ll have to try it out!

Thanks for the tip!

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:12:31 +0000

100% milked it. The moment I told him the side project door closed he had the answers I needed to complete the will.

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:09:42 +0000

I did legal work for my boss-man once, and he I refused to take any cash especially since I did it on his dime anyway. I ended up with 2 bottles of scotch…SCORE

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:08:44 +0000

Oh come on Ms. Thrifty – another twilight nut? The wife is freaking obsessed.

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:07:54 +0000

I think creating websites is a lot like poker, you need some luck but there is a lot of skill also (wow, pretty deep right off the top of my mind).

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:06:24 +0000

Hmmm interesting I can really see how Cordial and available can easily be confused by some people. Thanks for the comment