We all need to eat. To eat, we need money. To get money, we need to be paid. One of the fundamental parts of getting paid is the container. The shape and form that holds what it is you offer.
Without constraints, an offer is a gift. That is because we don’t get paid based on the stable, known, countable, intrinsic value of what we do. We get paid based on supply and demand. We get paid based on scarcity. If something is incredibly valuable AND plentiful, it will have a low price – water, oxygen, love.
It is possible to free yourself from the constraints of what makes money. If something/someone else makes money for you. You can be born rich. You can marry into money. You can surround yourself with rich generous friends. You can be born in the right country. You can have significant natural skills that set you apart.
Otherwise, you just need to listen deeply to the signals given by price. What are people paying for? In what containers? How do you develop the skills and knowledge in those containers? It sounds cold, and in some ways it is.
You start where you are, and you work to release yourself from constraints that don’t work for you. Chipping away with small, achievable goals that add up. Gradually building capacity for abundance funded by scarcity.
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