seriously, we go through this in almost every industry. i certainly do in mine. there are over 5000 therapists in my little zip code alone. all you have to do is go to school and do the work. its not hard to finish the degree can call yourself a therapist and by goodness.. you are one.
you know how many of them are good at what they do, or have even done the work themselves?
people/customers want easy answers. they don't understand what they can't see... but that goes for any of the arts.... from the half-arts like being a shrink... to the fine arts, and throughout anything that requires the skillful participation of the customer.
i'll tell you what i do... i just focus on what's in front of me. i don't market, i don't do the industry stuff, i don't have a business plan. i keep a low overhead and i do the best work i can while noticing my weaknesses and continually adressing them. i advocate for the needs of my clients using everything i know... and i know my limitations. the rest is up to them.
thats really all i can take -on.
i see people getting rich selling people simple answers. on the surface it may appear like we're in the same industry , but we're not.
bike making is in my mind very similar that way.
i do it for the love of the process and its because it happens to be the thing i'm best at. the rest of it isn't about me, and i don't have anything in common with it except name.
shrink, terrorist, poet, president of concerned cyclists for the abolishment of bovine source bicycle parts and head of the disaffected commie dishwashers union.
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