How do you “get-over” dealing with difficult clients without wanting to just give up? Need a better mantra than “fuck it.”

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Try "bottoms up" 🥃

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Try not to take it personally.
Try to think of it as an opportunity to hone your problem solving and presenting skills. Maybe the client feels like they're not being heard, or that details are being missed. Try to anticipate the questions they'll ask ahead of time, and make your presentations bulletproof so that the client feels you went above and beyond to address their concerns.

And if they're really just impossible to work with, give it a few months and see if they end up leaving. If not, then I'd consider moving on.

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