What’s the hardest things you find about being a partner?

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Two things for me:
- Occasionally it is lonely up here. You have to make decisions impacting clients and people, and sometimes you’re fortunate to bounce it off another peer or a mentor, but many times it’s just you.
- The sometimes unreasonable and certainly varying expectations that come with the title. It is hard to please everyone. Sometimes things I say or do get or don’t say or do get it interpreted and critiqued. I don’t mind if it is reasonable and appreciate that actually but sometimes people go above and beyond and make things personal. Not a fan.

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