You know those client projects that are supposed to take four weeks but somehow end up taking eight? Or the ones that seem to hang around in your project management system for approximately FOREVER, even though you're pretty sure you finished your part weeks ago? 😂
I think project overruns are one of those things we can get so used to as creative business owners that we almost start treating them as inevitable. But when projects constantly take longer than planned, they don't just make our schedules a little messy. They can have a HUGE impact on our capacity, income and ability to actually enjoy running our businesses.
And while we might be quick to blame late client feedback or unexpected changes, there are often things we can do much earlier in the project to make everything run a whole lot more smoothly.
So in today's episode, I'm sharing five things that can make client projects overrun and what I'd do to avoid them, so you can create more predictable timelines, protect your working week and stop projects spilling into time you'd planned for something else.
Because a peaceful, booked-up business isn't just about having wonderful clients and exciting projects. It's about having the space to deliver them without everything overlapping, overrunning and becoming unnecessarily stressful.
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