Hi Nicole,

Ha – well, it certainly can help us get on the right path! 🙂

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Nicki

Thanks for sharing 🙂

Hi Susan,

You’re definitely not alone in worrying that you’re not “deserving” of a client’s payment – but you’ll start to feel more and more confidence in yourself the more you practice writing copy. There is no “perfect” when it comes to copy, but when you start to get more comfortable crafting effective copy, you’ll also start to get more comfortable with the idea of finding and pitching clients and commanding a rate you deserve. 🙂

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Nicki

Hi Mike,

Absolutely! And that feedback leads to better pitches—and more clients.

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Nicki

I have had exactly this failure; right down to the number of letters sent.

Best feedback I’ve ever had. It taught me to alter my path. 🙂

My challenge is to find a way to let go of my financial fears and trust that the process will bring money when I need it. I love the process of learning, experimenting, getting feedback from others, and gradually growing my skill set. But I have terror that I won’t be skilled enough to start bringing in the kind of money I want to maintain my current standard of living (and it really isn’t a fancy lifestyle!). My fear gets in the way of convincing people that they should hire me and at the price I deserve. I know I deserve a good income, but I become afraid that I cannot convince others that I deserve it. So, I will work on viewing my money worries and fear that others will devalue me as a big mistake! It is a mistake I can start learning from today. May it be so!

Hi Marc,

That’s a great quote! And I agree – as adults, we’ve mostly forgotten what it feels like to fall down and get back up again without blaming ourselves or giving up on something. Imagine if we’d gone down the whole “failure” spiral each time we’d tried to walk as children! Most of us have to relearn that persistence and willingness to fall before we succeed.

Thanks for commenting!
Nicki

Hi Ariadne,

Those are fantastic goals! Good for you. It definitely can feel lonely and uncomfortable, but stick with it — you’ll be so much happier on the other side once these things become a habit. One thing I find helpful is to ask myself how a best friend would speak to me and then try to take that tone with myself. 🙂

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Nicki

We have all experienced failures, or rather we should call them learning opportunities. In fact Thomas Edison learned 1000 ways to not build a light bulb! Many of us have forgotten how to “cut our teeth” doing anything worthwhile, yet those that do experience the pain and persevere, typically do find success.