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I answered these questions and _______________ the value that my clients get from working with me, calculated their ___________________________________, and what I saw was that I needed to double my price, double it. Now, I __________________ you, this terrified me. I'm supposed to be the expert in this, but I'm not _____________. I knew the value was there. I was convinced the value was there, and I was still ____________________________________. What if nobody would pay me that? What if clients said, "That's ridiculous. You're ridiculous."Was I really worth that? Not my work, mind you, but me. Was I worth that? I'm the mother of two beautiful little girls who__________________ me. I'm a single mom. What if my business fails? What if I fail? But I know how to take my own medicine, the medicine that I prescribe to my clients. I had done the homework. I knew the value was there. So when prospects came, I prepared the_____________________________________________ and sent them out and communicated the value. How's the story end? Clients continued to hire me and refer me and recommend me, and I'm still here. And I share this story because doubts and fears are natural and normal. But they don't _______________________, and they shouldn't _________________________.
I'm supposed to be the expert in this, but I'm not cured. I knew the value was there. I was convinced the value was there, and I was still scared out of my wits. What if nobody would pay me that? What if clients said, "That's ridiculous. You're ridiculous."Was I really worth that?
我应该是这方面的专家，但我不自信。我知道他的价值就摆在那，我确信我值那么多钱。但我仍然非常害怕。如果没人付我那么多钱呢？如果我的客户说：这真的很荒谬。我真的值这个价吗？
onvinced adj.确信的 scared out of my wits. 吓的魂不附体；吓坏了 wit是头脑的意思
Not my work, mind you, but me. Was I worth that? I'm the mother of two beautiful little girls who depend upon me. I'm a single mom. What if my business fails? What if I fail?
提醒你，不是我的工作，是我。我值这么多吗？我是两个小女孩的妈妈，我们依靠我抚养，我是个单亲妈妈。如果我的生意失败了呢？或者如果我失败了呢?
depend upon /dɪˈpend əˈpɑːn/ 依赖
But I know how to take my own medicine, the medicine that I prescribe to my clients. I had done the homework. I knew the value was there. So when prospects came, I prepared the proposals with the new higher pricing and sent them out and communicated the value. How's the story end?
但是我知道如何解决这个问题，我为我的客户提供的解决方法。我做足了功课，我知道价值就在那。所以当顾客前来的时候，我准备了价格更高的提案寄给他们，同时表达了我的价值。故事结局怎么样呢？
take my own medicine 吃我自己的药，意译为我自己解决问题 prescribe /prɪˈskraɪb/ vt.开处方药 proposal /prəˈpoʊzl/ n.提议；求婚
Clients continued to hire me and refer me and recommend me, and I'm still here. And I share this story because doubts and fears are natural and normal. But they don't define our value, and they shouldn't limit our earning potential.
客户继续雇佣我，委托我，推荐我，而我在经营着公司。我分享这个故事是因为有疑虑有恐惧很自然很正常，但是别让它们决定你的价值，他们也不应该限制你赚钱的潜力。
limit our earning potential 限制了我们赚钱的潜力