Comments on: Choosing the Rewards You Respond To

By: T

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:59:44 +0000

I needed to hear this right now. Thank you.

By: John

John — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:55:34 +0000

I agree with you. I prefer to run my business my own way. Yes, I could make more money by doing some things differently. I always like to treat the customer the way I want to be treated. I rarely if ever have lost a customer over the years, and most of my new customers come from existing customers referring their friends to me.

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 09:18:45 +0000

Agree with Joe in the comments that the number one thing this blog has given me since I started reading it ten years ago is a sense of distance from popular beliefs and values and a habit of asking ” is this how I want to live?”, “does this make sense?” etc. It wouldn’t be hyperbolic to say that this blog has changed my life, for the better. It gave me tools by which to live better. Thank you Tynan.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:50:54 +0000

This is a great post. You probably increase customer LTV, and gain more customers, by not charging for cancellations anyway. This post feels close to Ikigai.
Also, I’ve read your blog on and off for years now; I’ve learned a lot, and it’s helped me dismiss a lot of societal assumptions about what a good life is, so thank you. It’s a great resource, and I’ve read a few posts multiple times, which is why I have a request.

Would you consider organising the posts by category or some other means? Searching by date is extremely 0(n). I’m sure $50 on upwork would get the post sorting done, and I haven’t used wordpress but I’m guessing there’s a ‘menu by #’ tool. I’m sure a lot of your audience would appreciate it. Either way, thanks again for the blog.

By: Betty

Betty — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:34:34 +0000

I like this post. When I retired everyone advised me to sell my quilts but I’ve always felt that by doing so I would turn something I love doing into work, so I’ve never charged anyone for a quilt I’ve made for them. Many folks have taken to sending me fabric now instead of just telling me what colors they would like me to use. I don’t ask them to do this but it is nice, both because I don’t have to absorb that cost, but also I don’t have to worry that my selections on their behalf are actually what they wanted… Anyway, it’s nice to do things just for the joy of doing them.