Thank You all for your positive statements.

Obviously in this day an age someone must charge money for services he
offers. Nobody needs to be explained the high cost of living and necessary
expenses.

However Money should always be the Secondary Motivation, not the prime
motivation.

I try to apply the same principle in what I am doing.

When someone contacts me, I first seek to help him, giving whatever advice
is appropriate through email, then I start to make a general "estimate" and
invite the person to visit me when his schedule allows.

I don't bring the subject of Money, and unless the person was a most
complete fool, he would of course know he needed to disburse something for
my services. LRH was doing the exact same thing in his early years.

I don't have a price list set in stone, so it is open to arrangements,
though I nevertheless ask for a fair and adequate compensation.

People appreciate that.

I have started to build up a lineup without even trying. I delivered an L-10
and an L-11 recently and I have several more lining up in the next few
months.


A lot of COS staff are only after people Money. This mainly comes from being
overworked, not having enough tools or resources and the eternal penalties
for failure to raise income. Regular org staff are eager for Money more out
of desperation than greed.

However it is when it goes to the Higher Echelons that it becomes real
dirty.

If your intent is first to help people and second to be compensated for it,
you will be successful practicing in the FZ or similar activity. Your pcs
will become your friends.

If your motive is Money first, only the truly desperate will pay, and they
will be ready to turn on you at the drop of a hat.

The same applies to the "secret" of perfect TRs.

As long as someone is trying very hard to have perfect TRS, there will be
something wrong with them.

When someone stops trying by merely "communicating" and doing it right, the
TRs fall in place by themselves.

Pierre Ethier