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Comments on: Reputation – A follow up http://www.thecoloradoarchitect.com/reputation-a-follow-up/ Architecture and being and Architect Tue, 25 May 2010 01:51:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Aunesty Janssen http://www.thecoloradoarchitect.com/reputation-a-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Aunesty Janssen Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:43:41 +0000 http://www.davidpgoode.com/?p=31#comment-3 I wish I could post this article on a few other websites right now! I have found that so many in my industry can not separate professional from personal. Which is truly sad, as business is business. Yes you can be friendly with clients, yes you can even be friends, but when it comes down the professional relationship, there are going to be times when the personal needs to be checked at the door. I wish I could post this article on a few other websites right now!

I have found that so many in my industry can not separate professional from personal. Which is truly sad, as business is business. Yes you can be friendly with clients, yes you can even be friends, but when it comes down the professional relationship, there are going to be times when the personal needs to be checked at the door.

]]> By: Carlos Cardet http://www.thecoloradoarchitect.com/reputation-a-follow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Carlos Cardet Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:52:54 +0000 http://www.davidpgoode.com/?p=31#comment-2 Back in the early 90's we were hit with a recession which caused me to close down my business. Prior to that sad event I dedicated weeks of valuable production time to collections. After numerous ineffective calls I would show up at the debtor's business and try to collect in person. I would camp out in their lobby. I would bring a brown bag lunch. I would tell anybody who would ask me the reason why I was there. I was pissed! As a last resort I would file liens against the client's projects. I still remember one individual stating "This is no way to treat a client!" as he begrudgingly wrote out a check to get my signature on a release of lien form. I took his check put it in my pocket and said; "I'll sign that release when this check clears. By the way, you're not a client." My old man once advised me "what you charge should never be what you cost, but what you're worth." Too many of us in our profession underestimate our worth. Back in the early 90′s we were hit with a recession which caused me to close down my business. Prior to that sad event I dedicated weeks of valuable production time to collections. After numerous ineffective calls I would show up at the debtor’s business and try to collect in person. I would camp out in their lobby. I would bring a brown bag lunch. I would tell anybody who would ask me the reason why I was there. I was pissed! As a last resort I would file liens against the client’s projects. I still remember one individual stating “This is no way to treat a client!” as he begrudgingly wrote out a check to get my signature on a release of lien form. I took his check put it in my pocket and said; “I’ll sign that release when this check clears. By the way, you’re not a client.”

My old man once advised me “what you charge should never be what you cost, but what you’re worth.” Too many of us in our profession underestimate our worth.

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