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Don't Work with Jerks: How to Recognize a Difficult Client Early... by: Milana Leshinsky Five minutes into the call I knew this client was going to make my life miserable. The problem was, I already said 'Yes.' Into every professional practice falls a little rain, or better said...walks in a nightmare client. You start losing sleep by a couple of hours every night, you keep thinking about her project during your lunch time, and you feel like your life has been taken over by this client. What a nightmare! Didn't we go into the business for ourselves to enjoy it? Do we not have the choice of who to work with? Of course, we do! The challenge is in recognizing a difficult client early enough to say 'No.' So how do you do that? First, determine what 'difficult' means to you. It may mean different things to different people. For example, while some professionals will be happy to take a phone call from a client between 9 and '5
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