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Have you ever worked with a difficult client? (As someone who waited tables throughout college, I know I’ve dealt with my fair share of impossible-to-please customers!)

But the beauty of owning your own business is you get to choose who you want to work with. Turning down work isn’t limited to rejecting “difficult” clients, either. Sometimes you just don’t have the bandwidth to take on the scope or scale of a particular project. Or, the project may be something out of your wheelhouse, the pay may be too low, or you might have ethical concerns about the work or company.