Follow This Proven Strategy to End Scope Creep (While Keeping Clients Happy)

12 Apr 2026 #misc

There’s a thin line between making your clients happy and doing everything they want.

Derek Sivers in Anything You Want shares his strategy to end “small favors” while keeping clients happy.

When running CD Baby, he had a clear task: create a sales page for your CD. For anything else, he answered “If you buy us a pizza, we’d do any favor you want.”

A pizza isn’t free but generates small friction to end next favors.

Replace pizzas with coffee or hamburgers. Also great idea to also support local businesses.