Charge What You Want, Not What You’re “Worth”
The Graham Cochrane Show
Graham Cochrane
5.0 • 520 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
You’ve probably heard it a hundred times: ‘Charge what you’re worth.’ My friend, that advice is keeping you stuck. Because your worth isn’t up for sale… but your offer is.
And pricing isn’t about what you’ve ‘earned’ — it’s about what you decide. So what if you stopped inching your way up from $1K to $2K to $3K… And just charged what you want — today?
In this episode, I’m going to show you why pricing boldly is actually the smarter path to growth, and how to break out of the undercharging trap once and for all.
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Chapters
00:00 The Pricing Mindset Shift
02:33 The Power of Bold Pricing
05:28 Breaking Free from Linear Growth
08:07 Overcoming Self-Imposed Limitations
11:13 The 10X Thinking Paradigm
13:58 Deciding Your Worth
18:20 Addressing Insecurity, Fear, and Guilt
24:48 The Impact of Pricing on Client Commitment
27:38 Taking Action: Charge More Now
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Graham Cochran Show, where each week I help you create more money, margin, and meaning in your life. |
| 0:08.9 | I'm your host, of course, Graham Cochran. |
| 0:11.5 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:17.0 | You've probably heard it 100 times. |
| 0:19.2 | Charge what you're worth. |
| 0:21.6 | My friend, that advice is keeping you stuck. |
| 0:24.5 | Because your worth isn't up for sale, but your offer is. |
| 0:29.7 | And pricing isn't about what you've earned. |
| 0:32.7 | It's about what you decide. |
| 0:35.4 | So what if you stopped inching your way up from $1,000 to $2,000 to $3,000? |
| 0:42.0 | What if you just charged what you want today? So in this episode, I'm going to show you |
| 0:48.1 | why pricing boldly is actually the smarter path to growth and how to break out of the undercharging trap once |
| 0:56.2 | and for all. If you're just starting out in business, this is going to help you. We're going to |
| 0:59.2 | talk about how to set your prices the right way from the beginning. If you've been in business |
| 1:03.7 | for years and you're not hitting your income goals, can I just say that probably the number one |
| 1:10.0 | reason why is not that you don't have enough leads? It's not that you're not number one reason why is not that you don't |
| 1:11.5 | have enough leads. It's not that you're not good enough. It's not that you don't have great |
| 1:14.5 | testimonials or better sales company. It's that you're undercharging. Like you're just |
| 1:20.0 | undercharging. And we're going to get into why that matters a bit. But just so you know, |
| 1:27.1 | like punchline, if you charge more, you make more. |
| 1:30.0 | I know it sounds crazy. But also, if you charge more, you signal to the industry that you're a higher |
| 1:35.7 | quality service provider. You're a higher quality product provider. You're a higher quality |
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