A thought during the COVID quarantine from May 2021 to now, I had to worry about my expense the whole time just because I did not charge enough or the correct price for my design service in the past because of what I called “the fake kindness”.
You believed you charge less so you would get more clients in the future; never happened.
You believed you charge less so people would pleased you for your kindness when they were out of budget; the truth is, they just never think about spend too much money on design service cause they do not believe it is worthy. And, they charge shit out of money from their customers with your design.
There are way more examples can talk about, but lets just cut it off right here.
I learned and become more serious about how to value myself during the quarantine.
在這次五月中開始的隔離期間讓我深刻的意識到，我以前所謂的對朋友或客戶的假好心，真的會害死我自己，因為我無時無刻在為了我的支出費用在擔心…
我以為，因為我的假好心(違背自己的心)降低收費甚至不收費，會為我帶來更多的客戶; 結果是，從沒發生過…
我以為，因為我的假好心(還是違背自己的心)在朋友或客戶有預算壓力的時候，降低收費是在做善事積人脈; 結論是，單純覺得不想花錢在設計費上而已，且不記得你的好就算了，還是利用你的設計去賺一大筆你分不到的錢…
其實還有很多可以聊的，但今天就先到這邊…
所以在這段期間，讓我深刻體會和學習到，未來要更嚴肅的看待自己的價值，而不是又背著自己的心做出那些假好心卻會餓死自己的收費方式。
LOVE YOURSELF
– CHARLIE YANG