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    • Before Kayne West but I published it after his rant. For more, click here - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/12/kayne-west-is-mad-as-hell-at-twitter-and-hes-not-going-to-take-this-anymore/

      1 month ago by Peter Kaufman

      in Twitter Impersonator

    • Did you write this before or after the Kayne West rant?

      1 month ago by steven corn

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    • Pam, Many thanks for your correction. My bad is all the more severe since I googled the term for the correct spelling before publishing my post. Apparently, there's a number of us out there...

      2 months ago by Peter Kaufman

      in SAG’s Thaw

    • Alas, SAG seems suicidal - it's working on a very old paradigm & refuses to wake up to the new digital era! (P.S. it's "Sturm und Drang" German for "Storm and...

      2 months ago by pam munro

      in SAG’s Thaw

    • your notes are always educational and amusing...I believe what you have to say because you don't take yourself so seriously.

      3 months ago by katherine stephens

      in Twitteriffic

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“You Were Right And I Was Wrong”

Started by Peter Kaufman · 10 months ago

Some time ago, a client called me to apologize for not taking my advice on a deal that ultimately went bad for her.
“Alright” she said. “Let’s get this over with. Tell me you told me so.”
“No,” I said. ... Continue reading »

5 comments

  • Michele Seipp

    1 year ago

    Hecky-darned good advice, as usual!

    Also, cute cat in the photo, and the spider's cute, too!
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  • Anonymous

    1 year ago

    excellent words to heed my friend, my pal my blogger my producer in the makingxoxoxo
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  • katherine stephens

    1 year ago

    wanted to comment sooner....all client's seem to be the same in all industries.They pay for your advice and want to prove you wrong.The problem, they never want to PAY you for getting them out of their mistakes. The apology,which we hunger for seems, to be a disclaimer.
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  • Jim

    1 year ago

    Great advice, and very good to see it in print.

    As an interior designer, I can't tell you how many times a client wants to argue a point, to have me say, "It's your house, you have to live here," and then when I'm proven right, and they're wrong but it's somehow not their fault that they are dissatisfied.

    Sure, we all make mistakes, but if you are paying a professional, at least LISTEN!
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  • Peter Kaufman

    1 year ago

    Jim and Katherine,

    While I agree with your frustration - I too have clients that use me as a foil at times, I disagree with your end game. Working with clients should never be a struggle between their view and your view but rather an acceptance of their point of view despite the wrong-headedness of it. At the end of the day, they have to live with (and I guess sometimes, live in) the results of the decisions that they make. The best you can do is cover your backside re your best advice in writing not so much to prove that you told them so but rather to ensure they don't revise history. There's nothing wrong with making a living off of someone else's mistakes or bad choices even if the mistakes come at a bit of a cost to your ego from a client not following your advice.
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