If you don’t devote a small percentage of your time to working for free, you’re missing out on a dimension of personal development and growth that you will never find anywhere else! Most entrepreneurs don’t do pro bono work. (By pro bono I don’t mean for charity, I mean for another entrepreneur.) Some say “pro bono” is Latin for “no way.” They say, “I’m against the idea of anyone working for free. I don’t think anyone should give away their profession.”
You probably agree. You invested significant time and money into your business or profession. You provide value. You should receive value in return. But sometimes free is valuable. Aside from simply doing something nice for the sake of doing something nice (which has a value all its own) here are 11 more reasons why occasionally working for free—or for a big discount—can still provide value to you in return: :
1. You get to stretch. Your processes are solid. Your operations are optimized. You’re a fine-tuned machine. You’re also a little stale and stuck in your ways.
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You probably agree. You invested significant time and money into your business or profession. You provide value. You should receive value in return. But sometimes free is valuable. Aside from simply doing something nice for the sake of doing something nice (which has a value all its own) here are 11 more reasons why occasionally working for free—or for a big discount—can still provide value to you in return: :
1. You get to stretch. Your processes are solid. Your operations are optimized. You’re a fine-tuned machine. You’re also a little stale and stuck in your ways.
(Click to learn more...)
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