During my career I have often found myself in this position. Firstly don’t worry about the $ involved. It’s all relative. Some tips from a master swimmer.
Nod a lot and have your finger in the classical thinking pose (i.e. resting squarely on your chin) when your client is talking
When he asks you a question you don’t know the answer too think about it for a moment just say â€Å" to be safe I’d like to look into that further and get back to you :wink:
More often that not you will find they know less than you do and their perception of you being clever will give you the benefit of the doubt. Please note this perception will only last a couple of meetings after that you have to show results.
I’ve recently made a very big decision to leave my well paying secure office job to start my own business sub contracting doing maintenance.
This job whilst not glamorous it should be better for my health as I wont be travelling 4 hours a day to and from work and my stress levels should reduce significantly. I also get to use and buy lots of new tools and drive around in my Ute.
The area I cover will be north of Hornsby up to the NSW/QLD border. The yak will be on the roof when travelling so I may be able to catch up with our members up north and west for a fish. The only bad part is that I wont be able to spend my day surfing the net and posting on the forum. So you may notice I may not be around hear as much any more. Not a bad thing I hear some of you say.
I’ll pass around my new mobile and email address when I have them. I will still attend trips and post when I can.