Know your worth
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Know your worth
There's a famous story of Pablo Picasso.
He was enjoying a meal at a restaurant when a man interrupted him, handed him a napkin and asked:
“Could you sketch something for me? I’ll pay. Name your price.”
Picasso took the napkin, pulled a charcoal pencil from his pocket and started sketching. Using only a few strokes, he drew a goat that was unmistakably a Picasso. He held it up for the man to see.
The man smiled and reached to take the sketch. But Picasso withheld it.
“That will be $100,000.” Picasso said.
The man was astonished. “$100,000?! You drew that in 30 seconds!”
Picasso crumpled up the napkin and stuffed it in his pocket.
“You're wrong.” he said.
“It's taken me 40 years to do that.”
Know your worth.
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Re: Know your worth
As a former denizen of the high tech support workforce...
Picasso nailed it!!
"Yeah I can fix your thing.. it'll take me about 10 minutes, you're getting billed for 2 hours plus travel time. If you like I can hang out and we can chat for the balance.. though then you owe me for lunch too."
Picasso nailed it!!
"Yeah I can fix your thing.. it'll take me about 10 minutes, you're getting billed for 2 hours plus travel time. If you like I can hang out and we can chat for the balance.. though then you owe me for lunch too."
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Re: Know your worth
You think you got it bad? How about us musicians and teachers?Story Link wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:25 pmAs a former denizen of the high tech support workforce...
The most extreme example I know of was back in the early days of the Soviet Union when orchestras were forced to play eight hour long concerts because they had to work full days.
And of course, there are other professions where the real work goes unnoticed too, the lsit goes on and on.