Tim Molnar

But just to bring it back to these more standard freemium features, There can be a real temptation, and I find myself falling into that as well. But I think a good question to ask yourself is, what type of value do I put on this? And finances are a really personal thing, and so I don't like to give blanket advice of you should or should not. It's not this binary thing for everyone.

There are a lot of things to consider. But I think I do like to think about it this way, where... If we assume that a dating app premium feature costs maybe $50 or $60, for some of your listeners who are working engineering jobs, it's not unreasonable that they're making that per hour.

There are a lot of things to consider. But I think I do like to think about it this way, where... If we assume that a dating app premium feature costs maybe $50 or $60, for some of your listeners who are working engineering jobs, it's not unreasonable that they're making that per hour.

There are a lot of things to consider. But I think I do like to think about it this way, where... If we assume that a dating app premium feature costs maybe $50 or $60, for some of your listeners who are working engineering jobs, it's not unreasonable that they're making that per hour.

They're saying, you know, is it worth one hour of my time, the equivalent, to be able to increase my chances by 50%? It's a question to ask yourself. I don't want to say that there are unequivocal answers to it, but I think it's worth thinking about that opportunity cost of if I continue to date and how many more dinners do I need to buy?

They're saying, you know, is it worth one hour of my time, the equivalent, to be able to increase my chances by 50%? It's a question to ask yourself. I don't want to say that there are unequivocal answers to it, but I think it's worth thinking about that opportunity cost of if I continue to date and how many more dinners do I need to buy?

They're saying, you know, is it worth one hour of my time, the equivalent, to be able to increase my chances by 50%? It's a question to ask yourself. I don't want to say that there are unequivocal answers to it, but I think it's worth thinking about that opportunity cost of if I continue to date and how many more dinners do I need to buy?

How much more time am I spending scrolling through these apps? How many more approaches do I need to prepare myself for? And this is by no means to say that if you do pay, you will for sure have success, but it's saying I think the whole idea behind Date Smarter or Big... core tenant of it is how do we increase the probability of finding success?

How much more time am I spending scrolling through these apps? How many more approaches do I need to prepare myself for? And this is by no means to say that if you do pay, you will for sure have success, but it's saying I think the whole idea behind Date Smarter or Big... core tenant of it is how do we increase the probability of finding success?

How much more time am I spending scrolling through these apps? How many more approaches do I need to prepare myself for? And this is by no means to say that if you do pay, you will for sure have success, but it's saying I think the whole idea behind Date Smarter or Big... core tenant of it is how do we increase the probability of finding success?

And I just always go back to the fundamental idea of having healthy relationships in our lives is the single biggest contributor to our happiness. And so for me, Investing in those and whatever that looks like always seems worth it from where I sit.

And I just always go back to the fundamental idea of having healthy relationships in our lives is the single biggest contributor to our happiness. And so for me, Investing in those and whatever that looks like always seems worth it from where I sit.

And I just always go back to the fundamental idea of having healthy relationships in our lives is the single biggest contributor to our happiness. And so for me, Investing in those and whatever that looks like always seems worth it from where I sit.

Yeah, and again, I do think that the behavioral science team who's collecting a lot of that data over at Hinge does a really nice job. And so I think if you're hearing that and feeling frustrated and feeling like maybe you've had some messages, some dates, it's a... worthwhile experiment to try. It can be a worthwhile experiment to try and say, great, I'm going to do this for a month.

Yeah, and again, I do think that the behavioral science team who's collecting a lot of that data over at Hinge does a really nice job. And so I think if you're hearing that and feeling frustrated and feeling like maybe you've had some messages, some dates, it's a... worthwhile experiment to try. It can be a worthwhile experiment to try and say, great, I'm going to do this for a month.

Yeah, and again, I do think that the behavioral science team who's collecting a lot of that data over at Hinge does a really nice job. And so I think if you're hearing that and feeling frustrated and feeling like maybe you've had some messages, some dates, it's a... worthwhile experiment to try. It can be a worthwhile experiment to try and say, great, I'm going to do this for a month.

I'm going to set a reminder on my calendar for 27 days from now to cancel this or to revisit the idea of whether this has made a difference. But I approach this from a scientific perspective. And in my coaching, I like to do a lot of experimentation as well and say, let's just run a very simple experiment. We'll A-B test this. Last month, you had the freemium version.

I'm going to set a reminder on my calendar for 27 days from now to cancel this or to revisit the idea of whether this has made a difference. But I approach this from a scientific perspective. And in my coaching, I like to do a lot of experimentation as well and say, let's just run a very simple experiment. We'll A-B test this. Last month, you had the freemium version.

I'm going to set a reminder on my calendar for 27 days from now to cancel this or to revisit the idea of whether this has made a difference. But I approach this from a scientific perspective. And in my coaching, I like to do a lot of experimentation as well and say, let's just run a very simple experiment. We'll A-B test this. Last month, you had the freemium version.

This month, you're going to pay the $50-odd and try the paid subscription. Did you have a different experience? If you did and it was notably better, was it $50-odd better? If so, great. And if not, then revisit that too.