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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I-Hart Radio. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is to be easy to work with. If you want people to

want to work with you, making the experience as painless as possible is a good way to make that

happen. So today's tip comes courtesy of a friend who has been freelancing for a long time.

She was working with a new editor and turned in a piece that was exactly the right length,

written in the same tone as everything else in the publication,

and she turned it in with the proper supporting material a few days early.

To hear her tell it, the editor was so excited that she thanked her profusely for all she had done,

which of course made both of us wonder, were other people not doing this?

Completing an assignment, as assigned, seems like the bare minimum.

But we all know that not everyone is easy to work with. People miss deadlines. People don't do what

they agreed to do. Sometimes people are not particularly pleasant with those they are working with. They are late

to meetings, or they are unprepared. They are constantly trying to upsell to the next thing.

And maybe it works sometimes. But most people who have a choice tend to seek out pleasure and avoid pain.

If you work with two vendors, and they are basically the same in terms of cost and performance,

wouldn't you be more likely to give future business to the one who isn't a jerk?

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