We’re too quick to pull out our wallets without thinking.
We find ourselves in an unfamiliar situation and all we can think about is how to pay our way out of it.
I used to be as guilty as anybody. Whenever a problem came up, I would look into the fastest way I could pay for a solution.
This is especially true of working online. Whenever I came up against a challenge, be it fixing a problem, or handling a new situation I’d put myself into, my default mode would be to put my hand in my pocket and pull out my wallet.
I’d scour the internet looking for paid solutions to my problems. I’d dismiss any free information as not worthy—for this was an issue I wanted to solve properly! And that could only come about through a paid solution. Or so I thought.
Now, after experimenting with living simply for a few months I no longer have the urge to pay my way out of every situation (with the all-too-often exception of police bail).
I no longer look for the highest priced solution and assume it’s the be-all and end-all. Sure, sometimes the most expensive product on the market will do the best job for you, but oftentimes this isn’t the case at all. Products are priced as such to form an idea of perceived value.
Just because something is priced extortionately doesn’t mean it is the best solution for you. Similarly, just because something is being given away for free doesn’t mean you won’t get as much value, or more, from it over its paid cousin.
Instead of looking for the highest priced solution I can find, I now work my way up slowly. I take a free trial when I’m handed one. I take advantage of no-questions asked money back guarantees, and I explore the hidden depths of every solution before making the decision to pull out my wallet.
This is an issue of real value. We are surrounded by a wealth of incredibly useful, accurate and interesting information. Spend some time to sort through it all. Your wallet will thank me at the end of the month.
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Thanks to Niall Doherty for giving me the idea for this post.
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This is too true of all eBooks.. Nicely formatted, very low word count per page. But with all the different versions, a .doc for printing, an email subscription, it’s like you’ve won the lottery!
Nice post, and thanks for your free content.
You’ve won the multiple-versions lottery! And you’re very welcome, I’ll email you the PDF, Kindle and EPUB version of this comment in due course.