Aug 5, 2026 · 21 min · 9 segments
Every bookkeeping client isn't worth saying yes to. In this episode, Lynn shares one of the biggest lessons she learned from building—and eventually selling—a successful bookkeeping firm: choosing…
Lynn TalbottHost
It means you're saying no to possibly a good client or that you're taking up all of your energy and time with a client you should have said no to and all that energy and time is not getting used for the clients that you have or the clients that you potentially could have and build a good relationship with.
So saying yes to everybody is actually ended up, you end up kind of saying no, or you end up giving your energy to the people that you should say no to.
And also just for a peace of mind, it's better to have a good client, right? Than a stressful client that you should have said no to.
And it's hard to figure out who to say no to but the wrong fit client it doesn't just take you hours um like i said takes your attention away from the good clients the people who you value and who you want to have a long-term relationship with but the bad clients are the ones that are emailing you 11 o'clock at night or they're trying to text you or they're just burning up you and your admin's phone um, you feel like they're sort of blaming you or they're rushing you to get something done.
Like nobody works at their best potential when they have a deadline that's almost impossible to meet.
But somehow the client always feels like it's your fault or you didn't do this fast enough.
And having one or two really bad clients that just end up being a disaster, you know, can really sour you on how you feel about your business, how you feel about yourself, and how you feel about the relationship you have with your current clients.
You know, you're like, oh, I can take on any client, right? That's what I thought.
It means you're saying no to possibly a good client or that you're taking up all of your energy and time with a client you should have said no to and all that energy and time is not getting used for the clients that you have or the clients that you potentially could have and build a good relationship with.
So saying yes to everybody is actually ended up, you end up kind of saying no, or you end up giving your energy to the people that you should say no to.
And also just for a peace of mind, it's better to have a good client, right? Than a stressful client that you should have said no to.
And it's hard to figure out who to say no to but the wrong fit client it doesn't just take you hours um like i said takes your attention away from the good clients the people who you value and who you want to have a long-term relationship with but the bad clients are the ones that are emailing you 11 o'clock at night or they're trying to text you or they're just burning up you and your admin's phone um, you feel like they're sort of blaming you or they're rushing you to get something done.
Like nobody works at their best potential when they have a deadline that's almost impossible to meet.
But somehow the client always feels like it's your fault or you didn't do this fast enough.
And having one or two really bad clients that just end up being a disaster, you know, can really sour you on how you feel about your business, how you feel about yourself, and how you feel about the relationship you have with your current clients.
You know, you're like, oh, I can take on any client, right? That's what I thought.
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