Clients sense desperation when you aggressively chase deals. An actor in LA needing rent money to survive is like blood in the water. Financial security lets you play the long game: build relationships and add value without begging for favors.
Oh. Oh, that's good. If you're trying to, like, fight for a deal, people can, like, feel that on you. It's like, if you're an actor going to LA and you're trying to, like, get an audition and you need that gig to pay rent, it's like blood is in the water. Because I had enough money saved up, I didn't have to, like, put out that desperation of I'm trying to get a deal. And that allowed me to play the long game, build relationship. Like, we were talking about our mutual friend. He's never asked for anything from all of us. He just adds value. When you come from that place, opportunities come up just through that.