"In the spirit of access and support for those who appreciate visual learning tools, I have created a graphic to illustrate how the sliding scale works.
Above you will find a graphic illustrated by three bottles. Each bottle contains phrases that describe a person's experience and current financial class.
- The bottle on the far left is filled with a beautiful green potion representing the upper end of the sliding scale spectrum. People who identify most with the statements in the far left bottle can pay for training at the higher end of our sliding scale.
- The middle bottle represents people who can sometimes pay for the top end of the sliding scale, sometimes for the middle and sometimes for the bottom half (depending on the number of sliding scale options available).
- The bottle on the far right represents the lower end of the scale and people who can buy training at the bottom of our price range.
For ease of reading, here is the text for each of the bottles in the chart above:
Top of the scale (or the bottle on the left):
-I am able to comfortably meet all my basic needs*.
-I may have debt, but it does not prevent me from meeting my basic needs.
I own my own home or property OR I rent a high-end property
-I own or rent a car
-I have a job or do not need to work to meet my needs.
-I have regular access to health care
-I have access to financial savings
-I have disposable income**.
-I can always buy new things
-I can afford to take an annual holiday or time off.
The middle of the scale (or middle bottle):
-I may stress to meet my basic needs, but I still achieve them regularly.
-I may have debts, but they do not prevent me from meeting my basic needs.
-I own or lease a car
-I have a job
-I have access to health care
-I may have access to financial savings
-I have some disposable income
-I am able to buy new items and save the rest.
-I can take a holiday every year or two without a financial burden.
The bottom of the ladder (or the good bottle):
-I am often stressed about meeting my basic needs and I don't always succeed.
-I have debts and they sometimes prevent me from meeting my basic needs
-I rent cheap goods or have unstable housing
-I do not have a car and/or have limited access to a car but cannot always afford the petrol
-I am unemployed or underemployed
-I am eligible for government assistance, including food stamps and health care.
-I do not have access to savings
-I have little or no disposable income
-I rarely buy new things because I can't afford them.
-I can't afford a holiday or have the opportunity to take time off without a financial burden.
* Basic needs include food, shelter, health care and transport.
** Disposable income may mean that you can buy coffee or tea in a shop, go to the cinema or a concert, buy new clothes, books and similar items every month, etc.
Ultimately, the sliding scale feeds on trust. Trust is a pretty amazing thing. I trust you to be honest in your assessment of your economic reality.
Since the sliding scale is an accountability tool, it is an ongoing conversation and I am committed to helping people figure out how to talk about their own economic experiences, since this language has been so helpful to learn on my own journey. "
So in summary, I invite you to consider other resources first, ask people close to you to lend you money or sell things, take on a food job...
All this is based on your honesty, on respect for my work and for people who really don't have resources and if you have the resources but you take the Soulful Business School at a cheaper price, you are depriving other people of that.
Here below you find the 3 different prices, if you have any doubt about which category of price you are in please feel free to contact us at contact@claudiaanatella.com and we can see that together :