Just cut a call with a client, and are a bit troubled because they didn’t tell you something crucial about the project? ‘This is a standard for our brand!’ ‘We thought you knew’ the client says. But you weren’t aware of this. ‘You didn’t ask us, so we didn’t tell you’ they say. The root cause of all misunderstanding in freelancing- Assumptions! When working with clients, assumptions are one of the biggest reasons for conflict which results in a lot of problems with the deliverable. As freelancers, once we take on a project there are a lot of areas where assumptions are made by either party. From the Client/ Business side various assumptions are made which determine the hiring demands and working style of a freelancer. If the client assumes the financial returns to be voluminous, they may commit to a larger payment to the freelancer. Sometimes clients assume that their product/ service would have a large customer base and make agreements with the freelancers on this basis. Ass