This is Steveer Robbins.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

I'm so popular.

A few weeks ago, I got a call from a woman proudly representing a $6 billion company.

She mentioned that twice.

Let's call her Jamie Summers.

They had a CEO conference and they wanted me to

come speak for the low, low price of no money at all. I would get exposure. Yay, I just love exposure.

No, I don't. In fact, I hate exposure. Well, not really. But the last time I checked,

my bank doesn't take exposure for my mortgage payment.

Even so, this woman, working for a $6 billion company, wants my work for nothing.

Some would say that Jamie is just an exploitative hack who doesn't want to pay.

Other people would want to yell and scream at her.

They would want to call her an explo would want to yell and scream at her. They would want to call

her an exploitative hack directly to her face. Fortunately, you and I are above all that. We

wouldn't even think it. But yet, we would want to respond. We would want to understand why what

she's doing is wrong and help her understand it too. And we would want this young woman to stop and think about the ethics of what she's doing is wrong and help her understand it too. And we would want this young woman to

stop and think about the ethics of what she's doing. Failing that, we would at least want her to feel

like crap every single time she looks in the mirror for the rest of her life. Like the queen, we are not

merciful, except in extraordinary circumstances. Why her request is unethical? Her request is unethical

for a number of reasons. First of all, she's valuing your professional work at $0 when it comes

to payment, yet clearly she's getting value from it, or she wouldn't be asking for your work

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