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🗓️ 8 April 2025
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In this episode, we explore how service-based freelancers can manage last-minute client requests without sacrificing quality or burning out. Learn how to build buffer time into your schedule and set clear project boundaries.
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0:47.4 | Well, we had an episode recently about clients who keep changing their minds and how do you handle that as a freelancer. |
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1:01.6 | How do I manage last minute requests without burning out? |
1:05.6 | So let's consider how a service-based freelancer can manage these client requests that are coming in kind of after the work |
1:11.1 | has already started or sometimes after the work's already been done. How can they manage that process |
1:15.6 | without sacrificing quality or burning out? So learn how to build buffer time in your schedule and |
1:21.1 | set clear project boundaries. Those are two of the strategies we're going to talk about. How can you do |
1:25.3 | it? This is in fact a common issue in many industries from design and consulting to coaching and beyond. Let's talk about |
1:32.4 | those strategies. How can you avoid the dreaded crunch mode? Crunch mode is when, you know, |
1:38.1 | you kind of save some things for the end or you haven't proactively worked on things. Or in this |
1:43.1 | case, you know, it's not your |
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