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Dan Lok Show

Clients Say, “Let Me Pick Your Brain.” And You Say, “…”

Dan Lok Show

Dan Lok

Careers, Management, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8826 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dan Lok dives into how entrepreneurs and professionals can handle requests for free advice or “brain-picking.” He shares strategies to set boundaries, value your expertise, and turn casual inquiries into paid opportunities, offering practical tips for protecting your time and building a profitable business.


Transcript

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0:00.0

You can use it as revenue stream, you can use it as a pre-qualifier, and also it's a very, very powerful way to position yourself

0:21.4

as the authority in the marketplace. Because people respect people who teach. Think about this.

0:27.8

Let's take a dentist. A typical dentist, that's good. How about a dentist who has written

0:34.9

a book, who lectures, who has a program or a digital course on

0:41.4

how to take care of your teeth, who has social media presence, who's going to get more

0:45.4

patients, who could charge more money. Think about it. The things doesn't change, but by just

0:52.0

adding that, it has a huge advantage and even for some

0:55.3

you're doing services I'll teach you if you just add consulting to what you do

1:00.0

not only you make more money from now on people can attach write this down right

1:05.3

a value to your time that's very very, very, very important.

1:11.6

Now you can eliminate all the tie kickers, right?

1:16.6

You want my time?

1:17.6

Say with me, you want my time?

1:19.6

You pay.

1:21.6

One more time.

1:22.6

You want my time?

1:23.6

You pay.

1:24.6

But if you don't have consulting,

1:26.6

people think, oh, your time is not worse.

1:29.3

Let's do free lunch, man.

1:30.3

Let's do lunch.

1:31.3

And they want you to pay.

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