This is Season Four, Episode Two. Where we tackle the core symptoms of underearning that are common to most creative entrepreneurs. Just because you demonstrate any or all of these symptoms once in a while doesn't make you an underearner. But, if a pattern persists, you'll definitely want to look closer.
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01:00 - How I discovered these 5 Core Symptoms of Underearning
04:35 - Why Chaotics get hit hard with indifference (and how that indifference could be a symptom of underearning)
07:30 - How not looking at my bank account kept me in a spiral of underearning
09:15 - The need for Ruthless Honesty
11:58 - How refusing compliments can be a sign of underearning
15:28 - The myth of "what the market will bear"
17:46 - fixating on competition as a sign of underearning
22:09 - How I bridged my income gap during my first year in Nashville
24:11 - The health symptoms that could be a symptom of underearning
28:07 - You've got to be wiling to accept the consequences of your new choices to overcome underearning
30:00 - Spotting the difference between occasional issues and true patterns of underearning
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Music: "Welcome to the Show" by Kevin MacLeod
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