AM Show HR 1 | Why People Are Afraid to Charge for What They’re Good At
The Michael Berry Show
KTRH
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
So many people have real, marketable skills—but freeze the moment money enters the conversation. From fixing cars to teaching Mahjong at the kitchen table, this is a blunt, real-world take on the gig economy, why selling your services feels awkward, and why it shouldn’t. If what you do has value, it’s okay to charge for it.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:07.9 | It's that time. |
| 0:11.8 | Lock and load. |
| 0:15.2 | The Michael Vary Show is on the air. |
| 0:37.9 | I'm a big fan of the gig economy. I think that there are a lot of things that people have skills to do that other people would be willing to pay for, but they're uncomfortable asking to be paid. |
| 0:48.5 | Sort of awkward. |
| 0:50.8 | I think there are a lot of people who help other people fix their cars or fix their cars for the rest of the family. |
| 0:57.7 | That if they could ever get over the barrier and say, the way to do it is, hey, I've started a business and I've been happy to fix your car, but I've decided to make a living at this. |
| 1:11.2 | So just so you know, I'll be charging. |
| 1:13.7 | Less than you'd pay somewhere else, because I don't have overhead, but I'm, well, where's |
| 1:18.3 | your shop? |
| 1:20.0 | You never asked where my shop was when I was fixing your car before, but I'm going to |
| 1:24.8 | work at people's houses. |
| 1:26.4 | If I can't do it, mobile, then I'm not going to fix it. |
| 1:30.0 | Well, I mean, I could take it to the professionals. |
| 1:33.9 | Take it to the professionals then. |
| 1:35.8 | If people could get comfortable with selling their services to friends and family, |
| 1:42.3 | then they could make a living doing what they love to do, devote more |
| 1:46.0 | time to it. |
| 1:47.8 | But it's hard to do because a lot of people, and I've witnessed this, a lot of people are |
| 1:53.0 | very uncomfortable talking about money. |
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