Being a designer is a lot of things but one of the most important is being responsible. You are responsible for the project you sign on to and the success or failure of it rests on your shoulders once you take it on.

I used to think that it was the client’s job to make a lot of decisions on a project but now I understand that the reason we are hired on is to provide the answers. To take the reigns of the project and guide it from start to finish towards its objective. If you’re not doing that then you aren’t a professional.