Here’s a simple trick to absolutely guarantee you'll get "cheap" clients who'll always nitpick your prices and be a nightmare to work with:
Be a cheap nitpicker yourself.
And here’s a simple hack for getting clients who don’t respect your time:
Don’t respect your own time.
You attract who you ARE, not who you WANT.
To me the day rate is the consequences not the cause. The underlying issues are about self-awareness and self-worth. If I become aware of my limiting beliefs and patterns at play when I do business, I have a chance to heal and change them.
One way of feeling more worthy is investing in coaching. It is a journey.
The better I know myself the more I thrive in my business.