๐๏ธ cost + โฑ๏ธ your time = ๐ท๏ธ price
๐ What you need
- paper
- pencil
- one shared phone
- grown-up
โ Do this
- Write down everything one sign or one card costs you: the paper, the pen, the walk to the printing shop if you use one. Add it up. That is your cost.
- Write how long one takes you. Half an hour? Decide what your half hour is worth โ small, but not nothing.
- Add the two together. Look at the number. Ask three grown-ups: 'Would you pay this?' Adjust once, then stop adjusting.
- Practise saying it out loud in the mirror: 'One sign is [your price]. I can have it ready tomorrow.' No mumbling, no apologising.
- Ask Claude to help you write a five-line WhatsApp message announcing your shop. Read it aloud. If it does not sound like you, rewrite it in your own words.
- Write your price on a card and put it in your pocket. It goes with you everywhere now.
๐ก Why it works
Children usually price at zero because saying a number feels rude. But free work teaches customers that your work is worth nothing, and then they never pay. A price you can say without flinching is a skill you practise like a song. Some kids selling signs or cards earn a few dollars a week โ small, real, and honestly yours.
๐ฅ Challenge
Say your price to a stranger without looking at your feet.
๐ New words
costthe money you spend to make one thing
pricethe money the customer gives you for it
๐ท๏ธ
Price Sayer
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