Why Selling Your Product Is More Virtuous Than Giving It Away For Free
In today\u2019s episode we discuss whether it\u2019s more virtuous to give your products away for free, or to charge for your work.
If a corporation is making 25% profit or more, eyebrows go up and there may be pressure to \u201cgive back.\u201d Have you ever wondered about that language? It\u2019s as if this implies they \u201ctook it\u201d from someone.
Even someone as successful as Michael Hyatt, has wondered, \u201cIs it more virtuous to give my products away?\u201d This NY Times bestselling author, former CEO of Thomas Nelson, and blogger with over 1 Million readers per month gave his content away during his first three years of blogging.
When he started selling his first ebooks, he struggled with thoughts that he was \u201cselling out.\u201d
But after much consideration, he concluded that it\u2019s essential to charge for your work.
Today I share 8 Reasons Why Charging for Your Work Is More Virtuous than Doing it for Free.
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Feature Presentation \u201cWhy Selling Your Product Is More Virtuous Than Giving It Away For Free\u201d\xa0
- How to successfully struggle with feelings of selling out \u2014 Why it\u2019s essential to ask for value when you give value.
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- If man\u2019s primary purpose is to produce value, then why do we find it difficult to refine and reshape resources (and make a profit)?
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- Why uncovering your thoughts about expectations, value, and entitlement is essential for self-awareness.
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- People\u2019s needs over people\u2019s rights, or people\u2019s rights over people\u2019s needs \u2014 How examining your beliefs on this is critical to your worldview.
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- Why the more we pay for it, the more we value it \u2014 Understanding the impact of contextual value.
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- The power of social signals \u2014 How one famous real estate broker and teacher quadrupled his income by making one simple purchase.
- The power of social signals \u2014 How one famous real estate broker and teacher quadrupled his income by making one simple purchase.
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- Uncovering the problem when something feels \u201coff\u201d \u2014 Why leaders need integris lives and how our subconscious is always searching for contradictions.
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- Why it's important to uncover whether money is more than a simple commodity or a trade medium.
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- Why Jesus talked so much about money \u2014 What you can learn from the parable of the three servants and their money.
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- Your self-worth and the greatest commandment \u2014 If you love your neighbor as yourself you\u2019ll realize this virtue.
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- What world view are you teaching? How expecting to be paid or not expecting to be paid impacts the world.
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- Are you a world-changer? How Apple changed the world (no, it wasn\u2019t by giving it all away).
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- What we can learn from the one character in the Bible who condemned people for not giving to the poor.
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- How to become as rich as possible \u2014 Why capitalism and the creation of value have changed the world and why you should be part of it.
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