You are spot on, Penguin, because when one wants to achieve something that is out of the "comfort zone", one has to expand their thoughts.
I have spent my life around nts and have learned a few social cues.
It is not just aspies who have trouble though. My husband who is clearly an nt is not successful in his line of business ie being a gardener. He has too many clients and not enough money coming in, which means he defeats his own object! I on the other hand, know the principle behind being successful, but lack in so many areas, that I do not even go there, but because I learn by observing, I can help others.
NT's seem to work that the higher you charge, then better your quality of work ie you are worth your weight in gold and so, people will scramble for what you are offering. But also the cheaper the product, they scramble to!
My husband has this one client who is an eye man ( his work is looking after people's eye sight). He is very rich and hires my husband to look after his garden. He treats my husband as a servant, who is not even deserving a smile! My husband had to put his price up but, no doubt, was groveling rather than assertive; ok he got his rise, but no respect. Then several year's after that, he once again asked for a raise the this client had the audacity to say that my husband gets above the low wage earner and does not deserve more. For once and no doubt, with a burst of indignation, my husband stood his ground; the result was he got his rise and: the client started noticing that Jem (hubby) does not always stop for lunch - wham respect enters!
I would advise ones who are setting out to first find out what the general public think of your product and to have some clients already in the offering or at least pending. Next is what is the competition like? No good setting up a business, if you have someone offering something that is better and bigger than your own! NT's tend to be pretty ruthless. So you need to find a balance between being partially ruthless but maintaining justice.
People are attracted to things that are either free or very low priced. Bigfish games comes to mind! They whet your appetite for the game, so you get to play for an hour and then, just at the point it gets interesting, your time is up! So are you going to just shrug your shoulders and not care? Or are you going to contemplate buying the game? Here is the excellent business strategy to my mind. The prices are BRILLIANT; usually at least the ones I have, less than 5 dollars or something and so, even cheaper, when paying in sterling lol And that is not all! You pay for one game and they give you credit and so, you can buy another with that credit. I have many games and most of them are paid by my free credit? Are they poor? I do not think so!
You have to make up your mind the target you want to reach. Do you want to be very rich or just comfortable? If you want to be rich, you have no choice, but become pretty nasty because that is called the NT world! If you want to be just comfortable, you then can think what is best for the customer.
I always maintain that if you are selling something, that prices should be kept down. Yes there is always the possibility of why is it so cheap? Because the majority will grab hold of a bargain.
It is different if you are offering a service to some one, like gardening etc. It leaves me dumbfounded that people have no problem paying lawyers outrageous costs and yet, doing menial work, is only worth not even a fraction of the cost!
The bad news is that even those of us who have spent years being around nts, leaves us drained! I cannot get my head around the way they think; it slams in my face how nasty and unfair and cruel they can be! I feel such a sense of relief when I come on here!
Unfortunately, Penguin, NTs are VERY good at sarcasm and mockery but by their tone, not their face and it is like you are an idiot if you do not catch on or they are laughing at you, because you couldn't read them! Some are far worse than others!
I wish I could say it is going to be tons easier than you think, but I cannot pretend and tell you it is going to be great, when it isn't! It is better to be well equipped to handle it sometimes. But if you have people who will talk for you, that is wonderful!
You are amazing!
