jdemaris said: (quoted from post at 01:12:48 10/01/13) Perhaps you are correct and a better business-man than me. Whenever I had a boss - come quitting time I could forget about my day-job and just live my life.
When self-employed (and I still am) - I spend a lot of time planning and/or thinking about on-going projects. Nobody pays me for that so I call it "working for free." It's all part of being self-employed and I'm not complaining. If you think that's being a "bad business-person", I wonder what you call "good." Charging customers for your thoughts, worries, and/or plannning?
Then of course there are many "freebies" I sometimes give to customers I've known for years that just need something minor that I can do quickly. I sometimes do it for "no charge" and mentally write if off as good public relations. You call it "bad business" I guess.
The person receiving the training should pay for being trained & upping his job skills & value. Everybody wants something for free!!!!
I had to pay to go to tech school & pay to go to college. Nobody paid me to go to school!
This post was edited by jammison at 17:30:54 09/30/13.
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