I can’t speak for what I’d be willing to pay for healthcare as, here in the UK, we have a quite different system which includes (but is not solely) the NHS.

I have had this problem over the years of how to value my artwork, and I find it even harder now that I do digital art (which, by the way, is not the sort of digital work that most people are familiar with). When I was exhibiting my artwork (watercolours, mainly) originally, it was to people who could or would only pay a certain amount – if I’d asked more, I’d just not have got it. If I’d been the sort of artist who galleries had loved, then I could have charged almost anything and got it too. But my art, whether watercolour, sculpture, pen and ink, or digital, has never been the kind that galleries love and crave. Or maybe it might be now but I’ve only recently – the past year or so – got back into art after a very long absence, so I’m a touch out of touch. Those days – I could do a painting, get it framed, exhibit it and after a few weeks of the show, the buyer would go away with it under their arm… now I work in digital media there is no ‘original’ to speak of, it’s on files on my computer (and backed up elsewhere, of course!) So, trying to price prints is more difficult. I know digital artists who price way more than I could ever feel comfortable asking for a print (they say that Giclee prints are worth it as they are for collectors, but I’m still not convinced). And this, of course, comes under self-worth.

My sister is in the business world, like you are – and her idea of self-worth, despite our having been brought up in the same family, by the same parents, in the same culture as each other – is way different from mine. So I think a lot of it has to do with what one is surrounded by as much as anything else. If you’re surrounded by people who are all cheering you on to succeed in your given niche (as she is, mostly) then you probably do better than if you don’t have that sort of support network. For me, though, all that feels very very unnatural.

I don’t remember the term, but I do know that the Sony had more “something” than the other TV’s, and the image was way better also. So, in that case it made sense. In some other cases, though, you’re right, it’s more the name than anything else.

But when it comes to services, I always believe people are worth whatever someone is willing to pay them for.

First, I have to point you to the new comment policy; I need a name before your keywords, otherwise I shorten it to one letter.

Second, you’re absolutely right; people who do value themselves give better value to others. Very good point indeed.

I might be wrong. I don’t know.

Act on your dream!

JD
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