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Daniel, I just have to say that I personally think you are absolutely right, to the point! Great tips!

A lot of "professionals" should take these points under consideration if they want to go along the road they stumbled their foot upon. It's up to designer, his creativity and hard work above all, how the journey along that road will look like.

I know what I'm about to say is just the tip of the iceberg, but I think its very important.

I often hear designers complaining about the client/s and how some of them can be hard to handle. I've been there myself, and now think that's BS and a waste of time! It's better to spend all that frustration on working and thinking how to be better next time when you come across that kind.

Yes it can be hard, but we should snap out of it and do our job, otherwise move out of the way for someone else to handle it.

Even if we know that the client is wrong about something, it should be our job, and we should have the knowledge to explain to that client why he's wrong, and be able to reassure and offer him a better solution in the end.

As you have written in point five, learning how to give a good feedback, but also learn how to process and answer to a bad one from the clients point of view is very, very important.

Here's how I see it...

Clients are like vessels that can take you only further along the way.

Even if in the end, that part of the ride wasn't a pleasant one, they ARE taking you further along that road, and they ARE giving you the actual knowledge.

If you're smart enough, you can use that knowledge for handling future clients, and making the future journeys more enjoyable and fun for both sides. :)

Thanks for sharing these tips, really inspiring.

All the best,

Berislav