Without confidence, the interior design professional can never really thrive. Thankfully, confidence is something you can learn and emulate. Designer Eric McClelland shares some tips and tricks for staying confident, even in the toughest situations.

In this episode we learn:
- limit project diversions initiated by the client—have a swift response and keep the project on track
- 20 years ago, most designers did better work, since clients weren’t getting as involved
- a concise concept eliminates some of the shopping that clients might do on their own
- staying firm in your first choice (vs. backpedalling) is a display of confidence—- it’s hard to exude confidence if you are backpedalling
- sometimes our job is to say no, early in the project
- use budget as the condition for changing your choices
- when a client wants you to price multiple options, let her know it will create additional design fees

It’s time to take control of your business.
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