Welcome to the Broad Experience, the show about women, the workplace and success.

I'm Ashley Miltite. This time on the show, why does so many women have a hard time putting

a value on their work? If you don't believe in yourself, if you don't believe that you're worth

what you're charging, other people won't. They'll smell that fear and they'll try to

haggle you down. And how do you respond to those requests to pick your brain over coffee?

If it's really people wanting to pick your brain and they're not coming to the table with

anything, they're not offering to barter, they're not thinking of paying. There's ways to respond to that.

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Earlier this year, I was on Forbes.com one day, and I came across a post that really got me thinking.

It was called, no, you can't pick my brain. It cost too much. It was by an Atlanta businesswoman called Adrian Graham, and it basically said, I run my own business and I have been overrun by people who want to talk on the phone or meet for coffee so they can pick my brain. Essentially, they want me to give them advice for free.

Here's why I say no, and here are some tips for you to set boundaries. The reason that article

made me think so much is that I recognise my own tendency to want to help people and my own

tendency to totally undervalue my work and give away time for nothing. And when you're freelance

like I am, time really is money. And I've had more of these kinds of queries lately. People, sometimes

individual, sometimes companies who want to ask my advice about women in the workplace

or who want to find out more about podcasting. But they count it in terms of can you chat on the

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