There is a meme going around, one I’ve seen often, that talks about how the cost of a bottle of water changes depending on where you buy it.
A couple of days ago, I saw a version that used steak, saying it was one price at the supermarket, another at the butcher, another at a diner, and another at a high end restaurant.
I felt this version of the meme didn’t make the point very well for a simple reason. At a diner or a restaurant, the only way to buy a steak is if it’s cooked as part of a meal. I don’t know about you, but I don’t buy raw steak to cook at home from a diner or restaurant.
With the first meme, it made sense to me as the bottle of water doesn’t change. Sometimes it may have a different label or brand, however I have seen the exact same bottle at a variety of places for different prices.
The second one didn’t. I get the vibe, that it’s trying to be like the water bottle one, however, for me, it tells me that to charge more I need to change myself and dress myself up to get the higher price tag.
The discussion I had after the steak meme shows me so clearly that different people interpret things in different ways and that there are many coaches out there who are set in their ways, insisting their interpretation is the only way… and that if you don’t agree, then there is something wrong with you… but I digress.
One big take away I have from these memes is that different people read things in different ways.
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