I had a conversation with my "Favorite Attorney" last month that I just cannot get out of my head as it rings so true! At any rate, the conversation was about how people are reluctant to take "free advice" but when they are "paying for advice" they treat every word as the Bible! Why is this! Never mind that you may hold an undergraduate degree, graduate degree, and maybe even a Doctorate - and not to mention that you may have done something one hundred plus times before and so you definitely KNOW.
Apparently, if you are willing to help someone out for free, you must not know what you are talking about! So sad, yet true and unfortunate! The information that is published on this blog is free, so the odds are that the readers don't value one word and so it is really a waste of time…right….or wrong?
As an expert who provides a lot of free advice I cannot say that it makes me feel good to be able to say (in my head of course) that "I told you so" when I see ones business close within the first 6 months to a year, or when I see thousands of dollars wasted and a project never leaves the ground. It isn't rocket science for some people, especially for the some who have done some things in their sleep. The saying still rings true for many things….."The best things in life, are indeed free" especially when people have the best interest of others at heart….paid client or charity client!
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