Not ignoring the question Shaun, had to pick up one our care staff. I am behind you with my minimum charge, which is £38, but expect to get an average job of around £80, for carpets, a bit higher if a suite's involved, which is about every 3rd job.
I only manage 2 jobs per day now, ( not really supposed to be doing any ) but would have easily handled 6, or 7 working with another, a few years ago. Sometimes more.
Talking about what we charge always gets people going, but if someone is earning decent money throughout the year and has more than one string to their bow, they are often making more, sometimes much more than others imagine.
I have always known myself to be better than high charging franchisees, or a handful of others, but it gave me a great deal of pleasure, giving my clients better value. I even used reverse psychology when explaining the reasons for the franchisees high charges, being well aware that in the clients mind I appeared to be a decent sort, who did'nt charge excessively for my services, leaving them thinking they were in a win / win situation, using me.
That is a personality / charachter trait, or whatever you want to call it, in sport I did the same, always letting the other guy get ahead, then reeling them in.
Risky, of course, but it's me and I have never been able to change it, whether in martial arts, squash, or even as a golf pro !!!!!
I've enjoyed my varied working life and been pretty successful, without the all out drive, that some feel they need. Maybe I've never felt I had to prove myself, or have just been lazy, or whatever.
The point being.......................we are all different !!!!
rob m