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Series 2: The "Service Boundaries & Scope Creep" Vault

The "Initial Scope" Anchor

The "I Can, But It’s Extra" Pivot

The "Death by a Thousand Cuts" Warning

The "Out of Hours" Boundary

The "That’s Not My Expertise" Redirect

The "Feedback Round" Enforcement

The "Urgency Fee" Application

The "Meeting Overload" Boundary

The "Scope Creep" Check-In (Middle of Project)

The "Unpaid Favor" Rejection

The "Too Many Cooks" Boundary

The "Source File" Request (The Buy-Out)

The "Training" vs. "Doing" Boundary

The "Ghosting" Re-entry Fee

The "Can I just pick your brain?" (Existing Client)

The "Emergency" Communication Boundary

The "Holiday Rush" Boundary

The "Discount for Bulk" Refusal

The "You're asking for a new job" Note

20. The "Unmanaged Stakeholder" Wall

The "Platform Migration" Boundary

The "Friday Afternoon" Fire Drill

The "Infinite Zoom" Cap

The "Can you just hop on a call with my friend?"

The "I'll do it myself" (Reclaiming the Scope)

The "Non-Standard File Format" Request

The "Vague Feedback" Rejection

The "Last-Minute Stakeholder" Intro

The "You're asking for my Secret Sauce"

The "Professional vs. Casual" Reset

The "Infinite Revision" Hard Stop

The "Mind Reader" Clarification

The "After-Hours" Auto-Reply (Manual)

The "Can you just do a quick Zoom?" (Gatekeeping)

The "I'm not a 24/7 Support Desk"

The "Transition to Maintenance"

The "I'm not a Project Manager" Boundary

The "Discount for Exposure" Rejection

The "Stop Stealing My Ideas" Boundary

The "Gentle Fire" (Firing a bad client)

The "Post-Project Support" Hard Stop

The "Friends & Family" Professional Reset

The "Unstructured Feedback" Filter

The "I Need an Answer Now" (Management of Expectations)

The "White Labeling" Boundary

The "LinkedIn/Social Media DM" Migration

The "Vague SOW" Trap Avoidance

The "Can you give me a discount because I'm a startup?"

The "IP/Copyright" Reminder

The "I'm Not the Right Fit" (Pre-emptive)