72. Stand in Manure, Smell Like Manure
Inevitably there will come a day when you will find yourself standing in a pile of manure. The longer you stand in the manure, the more you will begin to stink. It makes no difference whether it is your manure or not; the fact is that you are knee deep in it and you will begin to reek of it.
Sometimes projects go south. It doesn’t matter how great a project manager you are, there will come a time over the course of your graphic design career when you find yourself knee deep in a disaster of a project. It could be your fault. It could be your client’s fault. Perhaps it is even a third party’s fault. Where the fault lies doesn’t make any difference—what matters is that the project is off track, your client ...
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