14h (edited) • Opening Convos & Coffee Dates
Taker of Time? or Giver of Value?
In the first outreach…
The person will make an instant judgement.
Is this person a “taker” or “giver”…
In seconds…
They will be curiously delighted or cough up disgust.
Example:
The last 3 Skool community owners I was talking to about buying their community…
…all asked ME if I’d be willing to help them with monetization as a partner rather than straight purchase.
I am NOT suggesting you use “I wanna buy.” as a ploy…
It’s just more proof…
When you start a convo with something VALUABLE to give…
Whether it is…
👉 Advice. Be careful it doesn’t come off as judgement. There is a RIGHT way to do this.
👉 An invitation to a group of like minded people who share common problems.
👉 A gift that has UTILITY
Or…
👉 Capital (Financial or relational)
When you start out the convo and relationship as a GIVER of value not a TAKER of TIME…
They start ASKING YOU for time and partnering.
Getting judged as a “taker” is like an 8 year old getting socks for Christmas…
Even if the intention was good...Giving is also about perception.
If the kid doesn’t want socks (like most peeps don’t want to jump on Zoom)…the interaction will be judged with disgust.
Disgust is a bad taste to put in someone’s mouth on the first “hello.”
Rooting for Ya,
Travis
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Taker of Time? or Giver of Value?
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