Micromanaging clients are my Achilles heel. I want to offer great service, but the nitpicking gets to me. How do you all find that balance?

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First, remind yourself that you’re billing by the hour. So if you can, expand the project to fill the requests. At least kindly say “sure I can change the fonts in the deck, it will take me about half an hour”. Which reminds them that their requests affects both budget and completion time.

Other times the client has a vision for something and they are trying to meet this vision by changing this or that, but they’re not sure how to communicate it. Part of consulting is learning how to read clients minds in a way, or coming up with a deliverable that exceeds their expectations.

It can also be a control thing. A client may feel that it’s their job to manage you. So they ask you to do things just for the sake of feeling like they’re doing something.

So understanding their motives and reminding yourself that serving them is “just” a job can reduce some of the agitation that comes with annoying clients or bosses.

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