Stop Working For Free: Exposure Doesn’t Pay The Bills

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Stop working for “exposure”—it doesn’t pay for the weed. In this episode of Thoughts Off The Stem, Justin Barone explores the darker side of society and culture where everyone wants something for nothing. Using a blend of stoner philosophy and relatable humor, Justin exposes the “prospecting pimps” trying to scam creators with “partnerships” that are actually just free labor.

From a tin joint holder “collab” to an AI company wanting an unpaid QA department, we’re calling out the Choosing Beggars of the industry with the kind of absurd humor and observational comedy that defines true cannabis culture.

Thoughts Off The Stem | Cannabis Infused Comedy
Thoughts Off The Stem | Cannabis Infused Comedy
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Stop Working For Free: Exposure Doesn’t Pay The Bills

Thoughts Off The Stem | Cannabis Infused Comedy

0:07

Everybody wants something for nothing.

Imagine walking into a pot shop.

Asking for an ounce of flour then.

Offering to pay in food stamps or social media.

Exposure.

Yeah, they’d.

Laugh you out the building.

Because it’s not your.

Buddy’s Garage.

Dude, but apparently in the podcasting.

0:25

World Everybody’s inbox is a black market dealer’s garage.

Where you can offer to run errands and get your bag for free.

Welcome to Thoughts off the Stem.

I’m Justin.

Baroni, I hope.

That life’s being good to you because.

Lately, life’s been treating me like a prospecting pimp.

And I’m a prospective hooker.

0:43

Recently a couple companies reached out to me.

With their pimp hand asking me to get on the track and work for nothing less than a slap in the face.

Light them if you got them.

Because this is how it played out.

So I had two companies reach out to me.

0:59

Recently 1.

Was a tin holder.

For joints a company.

That made these like.

Portable.

You know, like a cigarette tin.

OK, the company reached.

Out asked me.

If I would do.

A review on the podcast, which means that the review becomes, you know.

1:16

A part of.

The YouTube review.

Playlist as well.

And then he they wanted to have they would send or sorry, they would send me a free.

Sample of the product.

And then they would pay me a rate.

Whatever my rate might be.

So because I’ve never.

1:31

Really had this opportunity before I had to look up.

Industry rates.

So I looked.

Up some industry rates.

They weren’t overly.

Expensive.

No.

No.

They were quite reasonable for the amount of work that.

Goes into creating a podcast doing a 5 minute review of a product.

That, quite frankly.

1:46

Is a tin.

It opens, it closes.

And you open it up, you put your joint in it, and then you close the tin and you’re good to go.

You can walk it down the street they wanted.

Social media posts.

So they wanted a.

Story.

They wanted a post on my feed they wanted to end up in like I.

2:03

Said the YouTube review.

Playlist that’s on my YouTube site.

No problem. 5 minute.

Review in the middle of the.

Episode.

I said sure.

No problem.

So again.

I looked up these rates.

I found out what was a reasonable rate and I even went.

Lower than that, because I hadn’t charged anybody for doing anything like that before and I thought.

2:21

This will be great.

I’ll send it back to them.

So I sent it.

Back to them and they ghosted me.

I don’t know what they actually expected, but I think.

It was a lot.

More worse or pay?

2:37

Was a lot less than what they anticipated.

Or.

Pay was a lot more than what?

They anticipated OK.

Now granted this one.

Could have actually just.

Been a dude.

That, you know, works out of his garage.

Making these tins.

So I kind of, I didn’t give it a hard time.

I didn’t really give.

2:52

It a second thought.

But at the same time I thought.

What do you?

Want you want to give me this?

Tin that you’re charging like 20 bucks for per.

Tin and you want me to?

Do all this work?

Surrounding it.

But you don’t want.

To pay me for it, you just.

Want to give me?

The free product.

That’s ridiculous.

You want me to shout me out?

3:07

On your social media, that’s whatever.

I know that I don’t have a ton of followers.

I know that like you know I’m.

Not an astronomical show.

But here’s the thing, I do everything professionally.

So.

When I do everything professionally.

You get the full.

Gambit of options.

3:23

OK, you can.

You can decide not to have some of them.

But everybody that approaches.

You wants these wants all of the things for a very.

Minimal amount of money.

And the amount of the amount of effort that.

Goes into it.

I still need to be paid for.

My time, the second company.

3:38

That was that approached.

Me.

Approached me with the.

Idea of a partnership opportunity.

Now to me.

A partnership means.

I give you something and you give me an equal amount of something back, OK?

This company was a podcast editing tool.

3:54

It was an AI tool.

That you use online.

What they wanted me to do?

What their?

What their?

Structure of their partnership meant.

Was that they wanted.

A three month partnership.

But they wanted.

One of those three months for free.

That’s not really a partnership.

They called.

It a trial.

4:09

Period.

OK.

If you want a trial period, I’ll give.

You a trial period, but that’s.

Beyond the three months.

You want one month trial?

Sure.

And then three months not?

I’ll give you 3 months, but one month is.

A trial you’re essentially.

Asking to do asking.

For me to.

Do it for free.

4:25

Right, so they want.

That that was their first.

Stipulation then, then the.

Bulk of it was I had to use their AI.

Software and edit and.

Produce all of my.

Episodes on that AI.

Software.

They wanted one.

Episode a week?

Well I only do 1 episode a week.

4:41

OK.

That if your software doesn’t work.

Then I’m out an episode.

And I’m screwed because.

I can’t make it with something else and then.

Reference it.

That’s not part of the deal.

OK, then they wanted me.

To do like the.

The Tin Guy and they wanted me.

4:58

To do social media.

Posts.

They wanted me to include in the episode advertisements at the beginning, which is prime time obviously, and then throughout the episode when it made sense.

Sure, no problem, I’ll design it around that.

5:14

Their AI software.

I have a video.

Podcast.

There’s a video element to it.

Their software, from what I could figure out, didn’t really jive with the video.

Side of things.

So it was an audio.

Software only.

That they were.

Providing then they wanted me to.

5:30

Like I said.

Edit and produce and produce them a.

Series of social clips.

That again, would end up on my YouTube, my socials and on my podcast and in the episode essentially had to be designed around that because there’s no sense of doing the ad if I’m not going to.

5:49

Talk about the topic.

As well, right?

So that’s what they that’s what.

They wanted they wanted me to review it on the podcast as well, which is another 5 minute segment.

Or the weed.

Facts segment, but that.

Doesn’t work for weed.

Facts because.

Now I’m reviewing.

6:05

Audio software or video software?

AI software, right?

And then the kicker was they wanted me to give them.

Free rights to my.

Content, The content that I’m creating with their.

Software to to.

Put on their social media and run in ads indefinitely.

6:24

So again, not knowing much.

About this I decided.

To look it up now, to me, the rates didn’t.

The rates weren’t.

Astronomical you.

Can ask for anywhere.

From 100 to 500.

Dollars is basically.

The standard in the podcast podcasting industry.

So I figured based on the amount of work that they want me to do, based on the fact that I may not have an episode.

6:44

Produced because.

In their own words.

They sent me this.

We just launched the platform.

You’ll use this is.

Quoting them in their e-mail.

The platform you will.

Use is built for.

Early Access.

You might encounter some.

Bugs.

Or you might have suggestions.

For improvements in our.

7:00

UI.

Reporting.

All of the bugs.

In description in this.

Sorry, reporting all of the bugs.

And giving us feedback.

In our chat box.

In the studio is.

Essential to the partnership.

So basically these guys wanted me.

7:16

To be there like.

Research and development team and.

Their quality assurance team.

And they wanted to pay a.

Drum roll they.

Wanted to pay me 15 to. $20.00 an episode.

Are you fucking kidding me?

Do you know?

7:32

How much?

Effort goes into.

That, especially if you’re admitted.

Software that’s not ready to go out to market yet, doesn’t work properly and screws.

Me out of putting out a weekly.

Episode granted.

Like I said.

I don’t have a huge following.

OK, I don’t have.

7:47

I don’t have the.

Reach that a Joe.

Rogan has.

But I do have.

Time and in that time my time needs to be compensated.

You can’t just ask.

For somebody to give.

You something so that.

You can use it without.

Actually providing them with some.

8:04

Kind of collateral.

You know what I’m saying?

That’s a.

Partnership.

Not whatever this was.

So Needless to say, I sent them my.

What I learned and I sent.

Them an e-mail back saying you know this.

Is what’s actually worth this is what you’re at?

8:21

Asking me to do.

And so my rate per.

Episode is this.

And I think I settled on about 200 and. 50 bucks for an.

Episode.

Especially if you want.

One month free.

Are you fucking?

Kidding me?

You got to make it worth my time.

I’m not doing doing.

You know, hours and hours of.

8:36

Work for less than. 20 bucks an hour.

Of pay.

That’s crazy.

It.

Takes a while to produce this show man, I hate to say.

It but it does.

Everybody wants something for free.

8:55

So in thinking about and reviewing and.

Sort of, you know.

Replaying all of this in my.

Head I started thinking like how?

Can I make this make sense to the weed?

Facts.

Well, this.

Is how we make.

It make sense, OK.

Forget that everybody wants.

Everything to be free.

Let’s talk about what’s.

9:12

Good and bad weed.

And how to tell?

What good and bad?

Weed is, yeah.

That’s right.

This week’s weed.

Facts are about good are about how to.

Tell.

Whether you have good or bad weed attention cannabis consumers attention cannabis consumers.

9:31

This week’s weed facts.

Come from 4:20.

Magazine.

And the article is.

How to distinguish distinguish between bad weed?

From how to?

Distinguish bad weed.

From Good weed.

I’ll put the article.

In the show notes and you could check.

9:48

Out the full blown article.

But these are the.

Basic main points of the whole situation, but first.

Let’s just get this.

Off my let.

Let me just get this off.

My chest OK THC.

Potency is not.

Necessarily a qualification.

For good weed.

Potency is a byproduct of great cultivation.

10:08

Lower THC levels don’t.

Necessarily mean it’s a bad plant.

OK, so let’s get into this.

Let’s get into this.

Properly the things.

And the main points.

Or the main.

Like like talking.

Points no the main.

10:24

Focal points of good weed are this.

Smell is #1.

Good weed.

Has a stronger odor.

It’s pungent, bold.

And it’s very nuanced.

You’ll be able to smell a.

Bunch of different things in there.

You’ll smell weed, you might smell a different type of flavor, some of the terpene profiles.

Come off it and you get like.

10:40

You know, an earthy of smell or a citrusy smell or whatever.

Whatever blueberry.

Smell, you know, whatever it is.

But here’s the key.

To the smell, if the smell.

Makes your brain immediately go I want that in my face hole.

That’s good weed.

Good.

Weed makes you want to eat the weed.

10:56

It tricks your brain into thinking that.

Now the look.

It should be visually.

Appealing, obviously.

It should be fluffy but look dense.

It should.

Look like when?

You’re driving.

Down like the Adirondacks.

And you’re trying to.

Look between the trees and you can’t see between the trees.

That’s what it should look like, OK?

11:13

It should be nice thick.

Dense, fluffy, look sticky.

Look like you might.

Get it stuck?

On a wall.

If you threw it like baloney.

OK.

It should have.

Healthy looking.

Hairs white, red or orange.

And they should be.

Vibrant.

Not dull.

If they’re dull, no bueno.

11:29

OK, the trichomes.

Should be visible, meaning that if you see.

This nug of weed and you look at it and.

You go, my brain.

Wants to eat that then your your brain.

Should also go.

Oh, that looks like cake.

Because it’s got.

Like a nice light.

Frosting on it.

OK, nugs, when you touch them the.

11:46

Feel The feel is.

Very important.

OK.

Nugs should feel sticky.

And slightly spongy, but then when you squish them they should bounce right back.

As if like you.

Didn’t squish them, stem should snap.

Like brittle.

Like they not brittle.

But they should like.

12:02

They should snap.

They should make.

A loud cracking.

Sound like like Bigfoot slamming, slamming, slamming, knocking wood in the woods.

OK, in the forest.

OK.

And again the stem.

It when it snaps.

12:17

It shouldn’t have that one.

Strand like celery that hangs on for dear life.

No, that’s no bueno.

The structure.

Of the plant should have a definitive.

Structure so.

What I mean by that is a lot of the times.

You see people.

Or you or people.

A lot of the times you’ll.

12:35

See a a nug that’s like.

It’s got a few.

Little branches.

It looks like a.

Full nug, but when?

You hold it up.

Close.

It’s actually.

A couple different nugs kind of mushed.

Together on really thin.

Stems.

No.

It should be dense and tight.

Where if you crack it open.

There’s no airy open.

12:50

Spots in between.

Sativa Flowers.

Just so you know.

The difference between sativa and indica, even though there’s a lot of debate on whether that’s even like a thing anymore.

But Sativa.

Flowers tend to be.

Light and fluffy and and and indicas tend to be tighter.

13:08

And denser in a flower.

Structure.

So a sativa.

Plant.

Will be a little.

Bit longer and look more.

Like a mini Christmas tree whereas an indica will look.

Fatter.

And and.

Shorter with kind of.

Like a a.

Shrub or a hedge?

OK, so that’s how you tell if you have good weed?

13:26

Now for for.

Recognizing and identifying bad weed.

The smell is going to be musty or mildewy.

It might smell like it might smell like you’ve been out.

It’s been out in the woods for too long.

That’s not a good smell.

A musty or straw?

Like aroma is a clear.

13:42

Indication of age.

Or compromised cannabis degrading.

Cannabis.

If it.

Smells like a.

Campfire before or after?

You light it, it’s not a quality.

Product you might still.

Get high as shit but part of.

That is because.

You’re not getting enough.

Oxygen to your brain.

14:00

Not enough.

Oxygen to your brain.

OK.

The look.

The look.

For bad weed, kind of.

Gives you like.

Nature will give.

You a few.

Visual cues when you’re looking at a good plant versus a bad 1A low quality cannabis plant can.

14:16

Appear like a dirty.

Brown.

I’ve had a few.

Of those it’s it’s really.

Tight and dense OK.

A lot or.

Or it’s really flaky.

And dry.

Both will be dry but like.

If you get a.

Christmas tree looking nug.

That’s really bad.

It’ll be Brent.

14:32

Like a Brent like.

A Christmas tree you.

Put on the curb in March.

You know what?

I’m saying that’s.

What it’ll look like.

It might be tight and.

Everything but the second you touch it or you get fired near it, the whole thing just.

Goes up in smoke like the cat in Chevy in Christmas vacation under the under the couch.

14:48

You know what I’m saying?

So they’ll.

Have like this dirt?

Brown.

Or they can also, so they’ll have a dirt brown color if they’re really dried out if they’re if.

They’re a bad nug and they’re.

Over watered.

Like they’re too there’s.

Too much in there then.

15:04

They’ll have like this.

Kind of green light.

Green color to it.

That just basically means immaturity they they got.

Picked a little too early.

So one very important.

Indicator of bad weed.

Is the appearance of amber colored trichomes trichomes?

Should be clear.

They should look like.

15:20

Frosted.

Doughnut or cake frosting?

On a on a plant.

If it.

Looks like it’s been.

Covered in like.

Cinnamon or sugar?

That shit.

‘S going bad, OK.

The feel for bad weed.

Like I said, it’ll.

Be dry, it’ll be brittle.

It’ll if you put a flame.

15:36

Near it it’ll.

Light up like gasolines close by.

It’ll easily.

Crumble when handled.

If it’s overly.

Wet the stems that the stems won’t snap OK, and they’ll have that like.

Like I said, celery.

15:51

Kind of 1 celery strand.

That kind of hangs.

On for dear life, you know.

Wet nugs.

That tear apart rather than rather.

Than kind of like.

Shred OK, probably have mold and mildew or could.

16:07

Have mold and mildew or they’re like I said, a.

Premature plant and you don’t want a premature plant.

Basically what all of that?

Means.

Is that the cultivar?

Didn’t dry and.

Cure the cannabis properly.

If it’s moist like that, if it’s got.

16:23

If it’s really dry it could have just sat.

For a long.

Time with a lot of exposure to like light.

And the elements, but it could also be that they have.

Like overused.

Some kind of like?

Plant where they call it.

16:41

Like a growth hormone for the.

Plant it can just.

Overdo it really quickly.

And then the.

Structure for bad weed a careless a.

Carelessly grown.

Plant can produce.

Inferior looking flowers, obviously.

But basically what I mean is they won’t.

Look, they won’t have.

That deep green or the purples or the Blues?

16:58

Or the Reds.

Or, you know, whatever the strain encompasses.

Improperly.

Improper lighting or growing.

Conditions.

Can lead to fluffy.

Or airy nugs.

Like I said, we’re the ones.

That look like a nug but then up.

Close.

They have like.

Tiny little strands that.

Have little like pom.

17:14

Poms on top.

Of them to form a nug that.

Stuff’s no good and while they may contain high levels of cannabinoids and.

Terpenes.

It’s likely that the.

Experience will suffer.

And each.

Hit will feel like.

You’re inhaling campfire smoke.

Yeah.

That’s right, it’ll taste.

Disgusting.

You’ll know right away.

17:29

If you have bad weed.

If it tastes like.

Campfire and there’s no peppery flavor.

Bad weed.

Going it’s going bad, don’t smoke it anymore.

Move on to something better.

Rock hard flowers are a sign that cultivars.

May have used.

Plant growth regulators, that’s what I was trying to say, which can also.

Lead to feeling like you’re.

17:45

Huffing on a campfire.

Again, any kind?

Of plant growth regulator.

Is going to if not flush.

Properly is going to.

Add an element.

To the flavor that’s.

Honestly.

Disgusting.

It’ll make it.

It’ll make it.

Taste like a campfire?

Like you’re burning something out from the woods.

18:01

Yeah, so those are your weed facts for this week.

How to tell if you have good?

Or bad weed attention cannabis consumers attention cannabis consumers.

So just.

Like good or bad weed?

Right, these people at the beginning.

18:18

Of the show, like I was saying.

Or that I was telling you about.

They’re like, good.

Or bad.

They’re bad.

People to market.

With or to play.

The you know to.

To add to.

To work with.

They’re not.

18:34

Really the type.

That you want because they’re the people that.

Want something for nothing and in this week?

‘S dude for real?

Facts or dude for real segment.

We’re going that we’re looking at.

A list from BuzzFeed.

Of people.

And businesses that have?

18:50

Asked artists or other, you know, other.

Businesses to produce something.

For them for literally nothing in return.

And this is how some of those.

People handle it.

So dude for real this is.

The dude for real segment.

19:06

Dude for real.

For real dude.

You know how people say?

That there are no dumb questions.

Well, sometimes.

There are dumb questions.

OK.

And the requests.

From these entitled idiots.

Prove that stupid.

Is as stupid does.

19:22

This is from BuzzFeed.

Dot com Nope, I’m sorry I lied.

This is not from.

BuzzFeed.

This is from Bored.

Panda.com best all time choosing.

Beggars.

That’s right.

So this first one we’ve got is.

It was titled Exposure Doesn’t Pay the Bills.

19:38

My guy.

So this guy walked into a tattoo shop.

And he said this, he texted this to.

The artist, he goes.

Yo man, what’s?

Good your tats are.

Fire, but you could really.

Use more followers.

I’m an up and.

Coming influencer and model.

19:54

And I would be.

Willing to collab?

And shout you out on my insta and get you tons of exposure and trade for some ink.

I want to war.

I want 2 arm.

Sleeves, but we could.

Discuss that later.

Let me know.

And then the part.

20:10

The the.

The tattoo artist responded with.

Lol.

OK.

Exposure doesn’t pay the.

Bills my guy, I tattoo plenty of people with more.

Reach and influence than you.

And they?

Don’t ask for free.

Shit also.

20:25

If you’ve got.

Less than 1/5.

Also, you’ve got less.

Than a. 5th of the followers.

I do.

How about?

You do some free.

Shit for me in exchange for exposure?

Let me know.

I like that one because like fuck that dad, fuck that guy.

20:41

What are you talking about?

Just.

Pay the dude it’s.

Time, baby, you’re paying for time.

So this next one.

Is about a photographer.

I guess he does this on his spare time, so no, no, no he doesn’t.

He does.

This for real?

This is legit.

And this, this guy, it’s called my dad.

‘S a photographer.

This is his most.

20:56

Recent client so.

Text from his client.

Sounds good.

We could shoot some stuff around here also.

I’m down to come into the city and get some great content shots.

I don’t know how to compensate you for your time, but if you were ever down to down to do some great shots to help me get to help get.

21:15

More exposure.

On your photography :).

And the response.

From the Dad I’ve been nominated 3.

Times for a Pulitzer.

I’m so.

Exposed I could be.

Naked, I don’t.

Think he needed the exposure dude.

The next guy is actually it’s.

21:32

About So this one’s a company like a big one.

You all know what it is.

It’s about Huffington.

Post That’s right.

Huff PO being a.

Hypocritical choosing.

Beggar.

So they e-mail.

Or they requested that.

James Bloodworth, who is.

Apparently like a free.

Freelance writer he.

21:48

Goes this is his tweet.

I just.

I’ve just written.

A book on difficulty working on.

Difficulty working class kids have.

Breaking into the profession.

Breaking into the professions.

Because of.

Proliferation of unpaid work.

22:05

Huffington Post contacted me saying it sounded.

Interesting.

So they liked.

It.

Then they.

Asked me to write something.

But unfortunately, they wouldn’t.

Be able to.

Pay me.

However.

Despite being a multi.

Billion dollar company.

So here’s my article.

22:22

You are part of the problem.

At.

Huffington Post.

The End.

Yeah, you can’t really.

Ask somebody to.

Do something for free when they’re.

Talking about.

You know the.

Peripheral the the the.

Proliferation of unpaid work.

22:39

Now this one.

Comes from a farmer.

Now I understand why the farmer.

Might need a little bit of.

Help here and might.

Need a little free labor but I don’t.

Think this is the way.

To go about it.

So work hard enough.

And you’ll.

Get paid in garlic.

Is the, is the.

Title for this.

So they put out.

This is the ad.

Looking for someone to help us plant onions.

22:55

Shallots and garlic.

Tuesday, April 11th.

At our farm at blah blah blah. 15 minutes South.

Of somewhere it is.

Necessary to be.

Hardworking.

Conscientious.

And either have experience.

Planting.

Or be very good.

At listening to directions.

It will be a.

Long day and we have.

To work.

23:10

Fast.

To get it finished.

You will be paid.

In onions, shallots and.

Garlic.

Your choice.

So that’s an or, not an AND.

You get to pick.

Onions, shallots, or garlic?

Not all of them.

You don’t get a.

A smorgasbord you get.

One of the kinds when they but you also.

23:28

Have to wait till they’re harvested.

What a douche.

That’s a douchey.

Farmer this one’s.

Called the Uno reverse card and this one.

Might be my favorite.

So this guy, he basically makes songs.

For people.

And this horse riding?

23:44

This equestrian training.

Facility I guess ass.

Reached out to him.

This is what they said.

Hey Jamie, I’ve seen you write personal songs for couples.

Who are getting married?

But I have a bit of a different.

Request I run a company called scratched out.

And we offer horse riding lessons and.

24:00

On the holidays?

Sorry, let me start that again.

Hey Jamie, I’ve seen you write personal songs for.

Couples who are getting.

Married, but I have a bit of a.

Different.

Request I run a.

Company called scratched out.

And we offer horse riding lessons and and.

Holidays from beginners.

24:17

Right up to experts.

Who want who want more challenging expeditions?

OK.

I was seeing if you’d.

Be up for writing.

Us a song about.

What we do as I think you have such a way with.

Words.

And it could.

Be a great way for getting more.

Exposure for us both.

24:34

We haven’t really got.

A budget at the moment, but if you.

Post it to your page.

We’d happily share the.

Song all over ours.

Let’s make let let let me know.

Your thoughts, Isla or?

Isla Isla Isla so.

24:49

Jamie responds.

Hey, Isla, I’d be.

Naked if I had.

Any more exposure?

Your timing is impeccable.

I’ve seen you offer horse riding lessons, but I have a bit of a different request.

I would love.

To own a horse.

And I was seeing if you’d be up.

25:05

For giving me one of your.

Horses, as I think you have such a.

Way of caring for them I don’t.

Have any kind of budget?

But maybe if you post a picture of me riding at home, you’d.

Have you’d have to.

Give me some lessons.

For free first.

As I’ve never ridden one, I could share.

25:21

That on my page.

And it’d be.

It’d be really great.

Exposure for us both.

Let me know your thoughts.

Jamie.

That guy gets it.

That one’s pretty awesome.

I really like that.

Because I was sarcastic as shit.

That’s the best response.

Flip it on them, baby.

And then this guy.

This guy’s the the last one, but this guy.

25:37

Gets it.

He’s a mechanic, and this is what?

Somebody took somebody took this.

Photo in his waiting room I guess and he said it’s titled my mechanic telling it how it.

Is.

Support artist and labor.

Folks, so this guy really gets it.

All these people in this situation get.

It it’s just a.

25:52

Mechanic and his customer.

But here’s what the.

Mechanic posted in his.

Office if I do a.

Job in 30 minutes.

It’s because I spent. 10 years learning.

How to do that?

In 30.

Minutes, you owe me.

For the years.

Not the minutes, dude.

26:09

For.

Real dude, for real for real dude, everybody.

Wants something for nothing dude.

It’s ridiculous, I think.

The people that reach out to other people for a.

Product or a service, no matter who.

You are or.

What you’re asking for?

Should keep in mind that you’re not paying.

26:27

For the final outcome that.

You get yes, that’s.

Kind of like a part of it, but ultimately you’re paying for.

The person’s experience you’re paying for their.

Capability you’re paying for.

Their ability to create the product that.

The final product or.

Advertisement especially in my.

Case that you want.

26:44

So if you.

Want to be professional?

You want to be.

Taken professionally, act professionally.

Act accordingly.

Let’s.

Stop trying to stiff.

People it.

Takes a lot of time to produce.

Things even for social.

Media, even for podcasts.

Something that you?

Think takes no time.

26:59

Takes way more man hours than you could.

Possibly probably conceive until you try to do.

That thing.

Those are my thoughts off the stem for this week.

I hope you enjoyed the sesh.

I hope you come back next week with me.

Justin Baroni on thoughts off the stem.

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Blogs, the show notes.

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