Time is money and money is time in this business.
Originally Posted by Noelshaker
It's funny, but I spend a shitload of $ on Apple products. iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air, Mac Mini's (multiple), I mean I've got close to a dozen working apple computers in my house.
I spend that $ quite happily for a few simple reasons.
1. They work as advertised.
2. Apple takes care of me.
When I call Apple for tech support, I'm not on hold forever and they get me to someone who can fix my problem. I take my stuff into the Genius Bar and they take care of my issues. Fast, easy and so far, they under-promise and over-deliver.
It's not about time or money. That is the kind of talk I here from girls who have been walking the track. You really want to be successful? Take care of your customers!
I work in the consulting industry. I bill out at a rate as high as some providers. I routinely have repeat engagements with my clients. Why? Because I take care of them and I focus on giving them the best service possible.
Yeah, I do believe in firing bad clients. Not every customer is right all the time. Sometimes you do have to weed out the "bad" customers. But by and large, most people are not bad customers.
People willingly purchase value. Not cheap, but value. Apple's stock is stupid crazy high and they continue to rake in huge profits because of the value they offer customers. Really, the difference in the two viewpoints is how lazy criminals think versus good merchants.
A lazy criminal is all about making as much as fast as possible. A good merchant is about providing good value for a fair price and everyone coming out better. A lazy criminal doesn't want to work hard. They want stuff handed to them or to take it easily, the easier the better. A good merchant works hard to satisfy good customers and make a good living from the fruits of his labor.
Funny thing is that in the street, all these "street-wise" people, pimps, con artists, hustlers all talk like they know all kinds of stuff and when you really look at it, they can't hold onto shit. Yeah, when things are good they have good stuff. Things go bad and they got nothing.
Look at who really has the $$$. Apple. Walmart, when Sam Walton was running it...people who worked damn hard to provide value. Hell, even as much $ as I waste hobbying, I've got my house and my cars and my shit is taken care of. You really want to make a good living? Then tell that pimp to take a hike no matter how good a game he talks. Go check out the honest, hard-working, non-hustling people. Most of them are getting along just fine. Most of the hustlers are just constantly hustling and talking like they know how to get ahead in life. It's like a fat person telling you how to lose weight.
Even in the hobby, with it's own set of legal issues, those who focus on providing good value do much better than the one who listened to the pimps and try to run game. Yeah, your game may be good enough to get you a little now, but I can guarantee you that my hard work will ensure that my stuff is still in good shape while you're still out hustling.
Once you realize that hustlers not only are always having to hustle, but that they live a lot more stressful life, then maybe you see streetwise ain't all that it's made up to be. And it ends up being a lot more jail time too.
Like I said to the other girl, you can take that kind of talk and go walk the track with it. I won't be seeing you, just the fact that you think that way tells me a whole lot about what kind of person you are.
And yeah, I'm sure I just told you a whole bunch about me too.
