THERE ARE LEGIONS OF PEOPLE SELLING WAYS TO “HACK” YOUR DIET, YOUR SEX LIFE, YOUR WEIMARENER, YOUR WORK. Equally, legions of people are lining up to buy, believing that this quick fix is the one that will finally work. It’s not. Here’s the thing: there is a reason there are 56,318 million of these overnight schemes. It’s that NONE of them work.

TWO HOURS. THEY TOLD YOU IT WOULD TAKE TWO HOURS. You believed it. You counted on it. You made plans based on it. Yet you’re going on five hours with no explanation. Finally, the job is done. Done well, even. But it doesn’t matter because, now, you are furious. Because they didn’t do what they told you they would. Because they didn’t manage your expectations.

I KNOW YOU. You’re an independent, strong-willed, go-getter. You know what you need to do and how to do it. And yet, somehow, you find yourself endlessly looking for guidance from other people. Because: the internet. All that information is out there and most of it is free. So, maybe, just maybe, you should read ALL OF IT. Who knows what you might miss out on if you don’t?!?

YOU ARE RIDICULOUSLY GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO. You’ve trained hard, you’ve worked your ass off, and, above all, you’re naturally exceedingly gifted at your craft. And this last one, sadly, is a real problem.

CONTRACTS ARE GOOD. CONTRACTS ARE NECESSARY. To protect you as a client and as a service provider. To cover your assets in the all too likely event that something goes terribly wrong and that person with whom you have such a lovely relationship right now becomes a terrifying-shrieking-banshee-from-hell-determined-to-take-your-last-possession-on-earth(yes, it happens).