Martyrdom: Clients don't care if you fell on your sword to deliver

Freelance Fitness by Alison Pentecost

Episode notes

Freelance Fitness is a weekly 10 minute exercise break from your workday aimed at freelance creative folks, hosted by freelance voiceover artist and former fitness instructor Alison Pentecost.

Talking about martyrdom might sound a little dramatic, right? But in freelancing—and in fitness—it shows up more often than we think. Your clients have their own worries and deliverables. There'll be moments when deadlines loom and you’ll be up later than usual. But regularly falling on your sword for your clients? That’s neither going to win you praise, nor do you any good in the long term. How to deliver without over-sacrificing?

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