Any small business owner knows and feels that it's always hard to price their own self worth on their own work. We know that when we ask a price we are going to be countered with, why so much? It could be 2 dollars and we could be asked, why is it not 1 dollar? Every person in a trade feels this and they feel it even when they clock out and they go home. Because clocking out and going home, well, they never actually clock out and go home, they go back to work at home. Always giving support, always being there, and always showing they have the best interest in a single person at that time of the moment.
If you think I have all of this figured out, then you are way off course. I’m just a guy writing about my experiences from the time I spent in all my years of doing one thing, and doing it all the time. Kinda sounds boring when you look at it that way I guess.
I’ve spent a long time in a certain industry now. I have seen a lot of things, I have seen a lot of companies change their value system, and I fully understand that growth comes with change. It is actually something that I am dealing with personally as well. But I try to remind myself that, if you have something worth making then you have no reason to compete with anyone but yourself.
Who here thinks a catch can is a catch can? I’ll raise my hand. Matter of fact, I've raised my hand many times in my career of doing this. The fact is, there is an actual science behind these things we call a catch can. I mean, to the point where... should we even call it a catch can anymore?
I've really hesitated to write this one, a lot actually, knowing that others copy our designs and/or our methods. Maybe I should be thankful? Well, sure, I've been thankful for a long time. The fact that anyone is willing to listen to what I have to say, I always appreciate it. But now we are talking about the ins and outs of how we do what we do. So I guess, here we go...
