Building foundation for a spectacular leap

When I become truly interested in a project and ready to be associated, the next question I get asked is how much do I charge for investing my time and expertise into their projects. Well...at this point I go blank and I simply didn't know how much to charge...for a very long time! I try to come up with a number which now I look back was insane! So I don't have to pay rent and calculating my monthly bills and other miscellaneous expenses it comes around about 25k per month... So I felt like charging a 50k or maybe 75k was a reasonable sum. That's a mediocre perspective. I was brought up with so much irrational fear about money that how difficult it is to make money and how you should plan and save and save and other BS about money. I always had this insecurity when it comes to money (as I'm writing this, I still do have those fear though I have figured out which part of my financial senses needs to be rewired..and I'm working on it). I had a conversation with my fiancee about our near future monthly expenses with a comfortable lifestyle...monthly rent in a decent apartment..utility bills.. Grocery bills..weekly dayout expenses all gathered up to a lakh rupees and another lakh in savings. So a total two lakh rupees sounded reasonable to us. Now I clearly know that's my requirement and that's the standard I need to be aiming at. I will not charge not even a penny less if I had to lend my time and expertise. I believe my actions will be automatically altered accordingly to achieve that standard. Instead of planning a lifestyle with the paychecks u receive, I have decided to go the other way around. Suddenly I sense a huge shift in perspective. Some basic disciplines and persistence (which again fall under discipline) making money is not that hard. If you wanna make BIG LEAP you need to rewire your crippled internal beliefs about money to support a successful leap. With each such changes..you are maximising the probability of making a successful leap. I believe it is possible to believe your leap is going to be successful even before you start...with such confidence the entire leap will become so effortless and magical.

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