Framework
Value Path

Eight stages people move through at their own pace — never pushed, never forced.

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Framework

Value Path

Eight stages people move through at their own pace — never pushed, never forced.

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Framework

Each of these has its own address too.

Value Path
Audience Value

Stage 1: someone notices a possibility and starts looking around, no pressure to decide.

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Audience Value
Value Path
Research Value

Stage 2: actively gathering evidence to make a decision they can stand behind.

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Research Value
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Hand Raiser Value

Stage 3: they've hit questions only a person can answer — the signal is explicit now.

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Hand Raiser Value
Value Path
Buyer Value

Stage 4: actively deciding — building conviction and making the case internally.

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Buyer Value
Value Path
Value Creator

An identity someone grows into, not a label you stick on your own work.

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Value Creator
Value Path
Value Adopter

Stage 6: the most important, most overlooked stage — where value takes root or quietly stalls.

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Value Adopter

This word is one of a whole language — four families, the named frameworks, and every inherited word they replace.

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