Selling and Business Codes

When a price, an offer or a growth decision starts to feel personal

A business decision can look technical while carrying rules about rejection, greed, visibility, responsibility and belonging.

Read the statements below to find a starting point. Some have an article you can read here; others open in Explorer, where you can test Codes from packs you own.

Naming the price

Codes that appear between knowing the value and saying the number.

MapRead the article

Charging more = rejection

I apologise for prices, delay increases or set fees around avoiding no rather than sustaining the work.

Open Code

MoneyCheck your access in Explorer

Boundaries = greed

You apologise while asking for the agreed payment.

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MoneyCheck your access in Explorer

Charging = greed

Underprices, delays asks, or overdelivers to secure safety through approval.

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MoneyCheck your access in Explorer

Price = judgement

Underprices, delays asks, or overdelivers to secure safety through approval.

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MoneyCheck your access in Explorer

Overdelivering = required

Underprices, delays asks, or overdelivers to secure safety through approval.

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MoneyCheck your access in Explorer

Undercharging = safety

Underprices, delays asks, or overdelivers to secure safety through approval.

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conflictRead the article

Money = conflict

Avoiding price conversations and negotiation

Open Code

Making the invitation

Codes that weaken or hide the next step a buyer needs.

MapRead the article

Selling = judgement

You share useful information, then remove the direct invitation to work with you.

Open Code

MoneyCheck your access in Explorer

Asking boldly = rejection

You send the proposal without stating the decision you want.

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AskingCheck your access in Explorer

Asking = taking

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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MoneyCheck your access in Explorer

Rich clients = danger

Avoids direct financial decisions and stays in short-term safety behaviors.

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FaithCheck your access in Explorer

Asking = unworthy

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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ImposterCheck your access in Explorer

Client results = responsibility

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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MoneyCheck your access in Explorer

Raising prices = betrayal

Underprices, delays asks, or overdelivers to secure safety through approval.

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Being judged

Codes that make a commercial response feel like a character judgment.

shameCheck your access in Explorer

Wanting more = shame

Not claiming financial goals publicly

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Receiving MoneyCheck your access in Explorer

Receiving = exposure

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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RejectionCheck your access in Explorer

Rejection = shame

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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ConsentCheck your access in Explorer

No = shame

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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Receiving CriticismCheck your access in Explorer

Criticism = rejection

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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FearCheck your access in Explorer

Fear = shame

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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LonelinessCheck your access in Explorer

Loneliness = shame

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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Growing the business

Codes that attach hidden costs to capacity, leadership and scale.

MapRead the article

Growth = loss of control

I interrupt momentum, avoid demand or reduce capacity as soon as growth brings new systems and responsibility.

Open Code

earningRead the article

Earning = guilt

Giving work away for free or significantly below value

Open Code

MoneyCheck your access in Explorer

Success = guilt

You make good news sound smaller around somebody who is struggling.

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SuccessCheck your access in Explorer

Success = being controlled

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

Open in Explorer

MediaRead the article

Success = luxury

Feeling behind if your life or business does not look aspirational enough, and distrusting quiet or ordinary success.

Open Code

sufficiencyCheck your access in Explorer

More = better

I chase higher income, reach or client numbers and feel restless even after meaningful achievement.

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worthRead the article

Visible success = worth

Worth fluctuating with income metrics

Open Code

A next question

Which part of making an offer feels most like a judgment of you rather than a business decision?

Hidden Money CodesHow earning, charging and keeping money can start to feel personal Visibility and Success CodesWhen people start to notice, and the opportunity feels harder to take Procrastination and Avoidance CodesWhat the delay may be protecting you from