Judgment Call

Everyone is a critic, but that doesn't mean every opinion carries equal weight. Whose judgment counts and whose do not? First and foremost, you have to please yourself. You must love your own work. Second, if you have a client, you have to please that person because he or she is paying you. If you love it, and the client hates it, the client's view trumps yours.

That's it. Two people: you and your client.

Even if 62 other folks weigh in on your work, their opinions may be illuminating or instructive, but in the end, they really don't matter.