You're fired.

Today, I fired my first subscriber. Here's what happened:​First, some context:I am a woman freelancer who sells time, so I'm quite careful about how I allow new clients, partners, or vendors to interact with me.If you're also a woman business owner, you know exactly why, but for everyone else:Multiple studies (and most of our anecdotal experiences) have found that women are asked to do more work for free, are asked for more favors, and our time is generally valued less than men’s.​When I first started my business, I found myself back-to-back in meetings with people asking to "pick my brain"Or other service providers asking to "be helpful to my clients" (aka. pls give me work).​In order to protect my calendar from this onslaught, I set up strict channels for engaging each:"Pick my brain" is reserved for friends and underrepresented founders only if I have extra downtime - otherwise, I'd…

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