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The video offers practical, counter-intuitive business advice framed within a relatable social scenario (friends asking for discounts), making it highly shareable and memorable.

Summary

The speaker advises against giving friends a discounted price, suggesting instead to offer them full price and your genuine care and best work. This approach protects both the work and the friendship, as discounts can lead to resentment.

Structure

1Friends asking for discounts
2The danger of 'friend price'
3The value of full price and best work
4Protecting work and friendship
5Saving the advice for future reference

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Save this for the next friend ask.

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When a friend asks for a discount, never give the friend price. Say this, warm: "For you? Full price. And you get me actually caring how this turns out." The full price protects the work. The best work protects the friendship. A discount protects neither. Save this for the next friend ask. #business #pricing #friendship

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Transcript

When a friend asks for a discount, never give the friend price. Give them something better. Because friend price is a trap for both of you. The moment that you invent a price for friendship, you've created a second price list. And now every conversation has a question mark on it. Did he charge me real one? Am I getting a good deal? And you start resenting the work. Which means you start resenting the friend. No discount that is worth that. So here's what to say word for word for you, full price. And you get me actually caring about how this turns out. First, when something breaks, the extra hour that you would normally bill somebody for. Honest advice instead of a polite version. Friends should not get your lowest number. But they should get your best work. And those many times are completely different products. The full price protects the work. The best work protects the friendship. A discount protects neither. Save this for the next friend ask.