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Journey 06 · Becomingbeginningbuildingexpanding

Make My First Dollar

“Can I actually make money from this?”

You become: Someone who can create value

Turn "I have an idea" into "someone valued what I made enough to pay me." Including the part where you hear no, adjust, and ask again.

11 actions9h 35m of work🌱 Beginning🔥 Building🚀 Expanding

Understand

Whose problem this is, in their words.

Practice

Asking for money and surviving a no.

Create

An offer, delivered.

Evidence

A real payment from a real person.

3/11actions open below — the rest unlock when the journey is yours.
01

Find the problem

  1. Understand15m

    Write down one problem you can already solve

    Not the biggest problem — one you can genuinely solve this month with what you have now. Most first dollars come from something the person already knew how to do and assumed was too ordinary to charge for.

    You’ll have:One solvable problem, written plainly.

  2. Understand25m

    Name 10 specific people who have it

    Actual names, not a demographic. "Small business owners" can't hire you. Sarah who runs the bakery on Mill Street can. If you can't list ten names, you don't yet know who this is for.

    You’ll have:Ten real names.

  3. Practice1h

    Talk to three of them

    Three conversations, no pitching. Ask what they've already tried, what it costs them, and what they'd want instead. Write their exact phrases down — you'll use their words in the offer, and their words sell better than yours.

    You’ll have:Three conversations, quoted verbatim.

8 more actions · 7h 55m of work

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02

Make the ask

  1. Create45m

    Write the offer on one page

  2. Practice1h

    Ask five people directly

  3. Understand20m

    Collect the no's on purpose

  4. Practice1h

    Adjust one thing and ask five more

03

Deliver and repeat

  1. Create30m

    Make the sale and take the money

  2. Create3h

    Deliver what you promised

  3. Understand20m

    Ask what it was worth to them

  4. Evidence1h

    Repeat it: $1 → $10 → $100 → $1,000

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