Someone came to you this week with a problem.
You knew exactly how to solve it. You've solved it a hundred times before. You could have solved it in your sleep.
But instead of charging that person USD 500 to fix it…
You helped them for free.
Sound familiar?
You have a skill people want. You have knowledge people need. You have expertise people come to you for — over and over again.
And every single time, you hand it over for free. Or for favours. Or for "exposure." Or for a coffee.
Meanwhile, you watch people with half your experience charging USD 5,000/month.
You see people with worse delivery posting "fully booked" on Instagram.
You notice people who genuinely aren't as good as you driving a nicer car than yours.
And you've spent more nights than you want to admit asking yourself the same question: