When a client asks for something you no longer do

May 10, 2023

Before we get into today’s topic, I wanted to give a recommendation. My client Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, who is an amazing writer and translator and poet, among other things, released his translation of the wisdom text Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural this past year.

The Kural, as it’s known, is from the Tamil culture in India, and is virtually unknown in the West. Yet it’s a wisdom text on par with the I Ching, giving practical, profound, and multi-layered wisdom that has endured as relevant for centuries.

Thomas is leading a course on the Kural which starts May 18, entitled “Taller than a Mountain: Seven lessons from the time-honored Kural to help you embody strength, integrity and love in a turbulent world.”

I think it’s going to be fantastic, not only because of Thomas’ presence himself, and the power of the Kural, but he’s also lined up some amazing guest teachers, including Suchitra Ramachandran, Andrew Harvey, Archana Venkatesan, and Bob Thurman among others.

He’s priced it at “Pay What Fits”, and if you’re drawn to jump in, I think you’ll love it:

Click: Taller Than a Mountain course

If you have questions, go to that page, and ask Thomas. But you can also just jump in.🙂

Okay, onto today’s topic:

When a client asks for something you no longer do.

I had a client ask a question recently. A church organization she’s close to asked her to do a course for their members. This is something she used to do, she always enjoyed it, and she always got individual clients from it.

It’s one of those things that ticks a lot of the boxes… except that the course is not really what her business is focused on anymore. She’s shifted, and her energy is in a slightly different place.

Should she just do it? Should she stick to her new focus? What do you do?

The answer has to do with the assumptions we make as business owners when people ask us to do something.

About 4 and a half minutes or so. I think you’ll appreciate it.