{"id":213782,"date":"2025-04-30T00:58:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/marketing\/more-alternatives-please-seths-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T00:58:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:58:27","slug":"more-alternatives-please-seths-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=213782","title":{"rendered":"More alternatives, please | Seth&#8217;s Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There are two ways for an artisan or professional to see the world:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scarcity<\/strong>. This is the idea that if there were fewer photographers, more people would hire me to do wedding pictures. That if the bar exam were more selective, it would be easier for my firm to get clients. And if everyone would just stop imagining they could be an author\/musician\/magician\/painter, my life would be a lot better. 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