Are You Asking for a Penny or a Fortune?

The kind of clients you choose determines your paycheck.

There’s a famous poem by Jessie B. Rittenhouse that goes like this:

I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;

For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.

I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
Th…