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End a difficult client without burning bridges.

Fire a difficult client with a gracious goodbye email — paid up and bridges intact.

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What this prompt does

  • Turns your honest reason into a graceful one
  • Lays out the wind-down step by step
  • Protects the final invoice
  • Builds your pre-send checklist
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Why it works

Fixing the reason on your capacity — not their character — keeps it un-arguable. Naming the invoice, handover, and end date closes every loose end so the goodbye lands final, not messy.

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Tips for this prompt

  • Invoice everything owed before the email lands
  • Finish or hand over work, never abandon it
  • Keep the reason about you, not them
  • Revoke shared access on the end date
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How to use the prompt

  1. 1Write the honest reason, just for the prompt
  2. 2List every loose end and amount owed
  3. 3Pick a real end date
  4. 4Run it and read the email
  5. 5Work the checklist before you hit send
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