When Someone Has A Project For You, Should You Say Yes Or No?
Practice Drawing This Draw-along. hen someone approaches you for an assignment, and you have the time for it, should you say yes, or no?
hen someone approaches you for an assignment, and you have the time for it, should you say yes, or no? If it pays astonishing amounts of money, the answer is probably clear. But what if not?
Chris Do has this great idea to always say no at first and let the customer explain why they need you, specifically, after which you can argue that, naturally, that will cost.
The more artistic, improv approach is to always say yes to everything because it may lead to attractive new opportunities.
One caveat: be VERY careful about what contracts you sign. The default, there, SHOULD be to say no until you have a lawyer look at the contract. And you should never start without a contract.
I’ve done things for fun for free, giving the non-paying customer a license to use the work I made, which was fine with me. I used these projects as learning experiences. A contract was in place: my license and terms so I could say yes.
Yours sincerely,
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