For accomplished women who are tired of being underpaid for being gracious:
Why the Most Capable Woman in the Room Is So Often the Lowest Paid
…and how to stop being her in 90 minutes, without becoming harder, louder or someone you’re not.
Join Ann McDonald live for From Polite to Paid, a free masterclass on Zoom. Wednesday, October 21 at 11:00 AM Pacific.
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Wednesday, October 21 · 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern · Live on Zoom
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In 90 minutes you’ll discover:
- The four-word lie (“some people can’t afford it”) that’s quietly setting your price, and what to believe instead
- Why the vision boards, the journaling and the mindset work haven’t moved your number, and what actually does
- The one sentence that lets you say your number and let it stand, without the apology attached
- Why the most capable woman in the room is so often the lowest paid, and the exact moment it happens
Be honest.
Does any of this sound like you?
- You round your number down before anyone has even asked.
- You hear yourself say “whatever works for you” when what you mean is a figure.
- You throw in extras to make up for the fact that you charged at all.
- You wait to be offered the raise, the fee, the seat at the table. It rarely comes.
- You negotiate brilliantly for everyone else, and go quiet when it’s your turn.
- You watch people with half your experience charge twice your rate, and you smile.
If you nodded at even two of these, it isn’t a confidence problem. It’s a pattern. It once kept the peace. And patterns can be changed.
Your host, Ann McDonald
“The most polite swimmer in the lap pool”
That’s what someone once called me. I would let other swimmers win, even when I was the stronger one.
I did the same thing with money. For years I wanted to generate $100,000 in a single day in my online business, to qualify for an award I watched other people receive. When I finally crossed that threshold, it was too late to qualify. I reached the milestone and missed the recognition that made it matter.
For roughly 30 years I’ve built real things in real rooms, in New York City, Beverly Hills and the San Francisco Bay Area. On Wednesday I’m teaching the shift I wish every accomplished woman had been handed decades ago: you don’t have to become aggressive. You have to stop abandoning yourself.
YES! SAVE MY FREE SEATWednesday, October 21 · 90 minutes · Live
Here’s what changes in the room
See exactly where polite is setting your price
The specific places your graciousness is quietly capping what you earn. Most women find three they’d never noticed.
Name a number and let it stand
How to say your price, or your ask, without explaining, justifying or discounting it in the same breath.
Make one money decision you stop negotiating with
Not a wish or a someday. A decision you make before we close, so next week actually looks different.
Get your question answered live
Bring the money conversation you’ve been avoiding. Ann will answer questions live.
Here’s everything you get when you register
- The live 90-minute From Polite to Paid masterclass with Ann McDonald
- Live Q&A: bring your real money question and get Ann’s answer
- Stay to the end: Ann’s Say Your Number Script, the exact words to say your price and let it stand (live attendees only)
- Your Zoom link by email, plus a reminder before we go live
- Optional text reminder so you don’t miss the start
So what’s the catch?
There isn’t one. Ann teaches the real thing for 90 minutes, live. At the end she’ll share how to keep working with her for anyone who wants that. There’s no pressure, and the masterclass stands on its own.
This is for you if…
- You’re accomplished, and your income hasn’t caught up with you
- You’ve built things, led people, or carried a family, and you’re ready to be paid like it
- You’re done being the gracious one who gets the smaller check
It’s not for you if…
- You want a get-rich-quick plan
- You’d rather keep the peace than change the number
Wednesday comes either way.
The only question is whether you walk away from Wednesday with the same number, or a new one you’re willing to say out loud.
Yes, I’m done being polite about money
Wednesday, October 21 · 11:00 AM Pacific / 2:00 PM Eastern · Live on Zoom
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P.S. If you skimmed to the bottom, here it is in one breath: From Polite to Paid is a free, live, 90-minute masterclass with Ann McDonald on Wednesday, October 21 at 11:00 AM Pacific (2:00 PM Eastern). You’ll leave with one money decision made and a number you’re willing to say out loud. Save your free seat now.