Asking My Mentor About… Writing Habits

Asking My Mentor About… Writing Habits

Exploring Peer-to-Peer Mentoring

This is the sixth installment of Christine and my Peer-to-Peer Mentoring series.

On her blog, I answered her question:

As a consultant I’m always creating fun methods for my clients to reach their target markets. I think I have a knack for anticipating needs and have been able to develop and design tangible solutions to connect my clients’ philosophies, products and services to their desired consumers. I’m considering courting a company in Los Angeles to hire me as a patchworker (coined by Dr. Kristin Cardinale) to fulfill several areas they’re looking to enhance. I’d like to create a proposal that presents the idea: instead of hiring two separate people for two separate positions, that they hire me as a consultant to fill and bridge the gap between the two positions. Currently they’re listing two positions traditionally. I’d like to create a mind-blowing presentation that convinces them that my experience as a business developer, owner, health care specialist in private practice and journalist will offer them far more versatility than hiring two separate people could… I’ve already considered your advice from last month about preparing an interactive CV/resume, but what else can you suggest for this specific task? I’m open to any tools you might have in mind

Asking My Mentor About… Writing Habits

Pay-What-It’s-Worth Pricing: Just the Facts, Ma’am

Worth

Here are some basic findings on using a Pay-What-It’s-Worth pricing system from the research paper Pay What You Like by J Fernandez and B Nahata:

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If a buyer feels that a product or service provides a positive value, they will never ‘free ride’ and not pay anything.

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Under certain conditions Pay-What-It’s-Worth can provide a larger profit than uniform pricing. A business that can best benefit from PWIW is:

Asking My Mentor About… Writing Habits

The Game of Money?

GenerosityI like to think about money as an idea in the form of ‘credit’. To get in the money game, I need to build up my ‘credit’.

I build ‘credit’ with others, but more importantly, I build ‘credit’ with myself. I receive ‘credit’ for how I hold myself up mentally.

When I hold myself as limited in any way, it restricts my availability to ‘credit’. I end up not sharing my gifts, and being undervalued in my relationships.

When I practice confidence in my Self, and not put limits on my wealth, I free the ‘credit’ to flow.

Asking My Mentor About… Writing Habits

Talking About… Pricing From Personal Conviction

Chat
Months ago, my dear friend Adam King and I sat down to talk. We’ve been having these skype talks for years now, sharing candidly with each other our expansion in life and business.

The last time we sat down to chat however, Adam had an agenda. He wanted to interview me and talk more in-depth about Pay-What-It’s-Worth (Value) pricing for a project of his. It’s a topic that we have explored together many times over the years and I was excited for the conversation.

Adam has recently published a book called The Year of Zen, through which he shares his learnings and expansion, online and off, over 2011. As a companion to the book, he created an interview series with 6 people he felt supported him in this journey. Our chat, Pricing From Personal Conviction, is part of this series.

Asking My Mentor About… Writing Habits

Asking My Mentor About… Nourishing My Body

Exploring Peer-to-Peer Mentoring

This is the fifth installment of Christine and my Peer-to-Peer Mentoring series. On her blog, I answered her question:

Currently I keep an updated CV on file. While I’m proud of my profile and professional history, I’d like to put together a jazzed up version. I’m thinking of doing a website resume- what are your thoughts on the effectiveness of this plan and how would you proceed creatively?

My Question to My Mentor:

“While I love how focused I am on my work, I often find that my focus is so focused that I forget to eat. I am healthy and well-nourished despite this tendency but I would like to change it. I think it’s important that even when I am “in the flow”, I am still mindful of my bodily needs. Do you have any thoughts on how I can improve this situation and become better at checking-in with my body?”