Dear, Jeremy.

I run my own business by myself and I work with a lot of different clients. I’m a Red and I work really well with White clients in particular. Yellow and Reds clients are okay too. It’s my Blue clients that I really struggle with. In fact, I just “fired” another Blue client today. I just can’t handle how suspicious they are and how they question everything that I do for them. It’s too draining on my time and patience. I’ve been doing this work for 30 years, and I need my clients to trust me to do what I’m good at doing.

I don’t need a lot of clients, and I can afford to be selective. That said, is it bad if I just don’t take on any more Blue clients? What are your thoughts?

I’m always interested in self-improvement, which lead me to the Color Code in the first place, and while I love the book, I’m not sure I’m interested in changing too much at this point in my life.

— Mark

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Dear Mark.

I certainly do appreciate your candor, my Red friend. I had to laugh to myself a little while I read your question, because you certainly do just “lay it out there” in true, Red fashion.

And, since you asked me a good, Red question. I’ll give you a Red answer, though it might be a bit shocking to some people to hear me say this…

Here’s my take. Based on what you said, I don’t think there is anything wrong with you not taking on any new Blue clients.

I think you very clearly know where you stand and you expressed to me what you are and are not willing to accept when working with clients, and if you can afford to be selective and don’t care to necessarily learn more about how to work more effectively with Blues, then the answer is simple. Don’t do it.

Will your business suffer from that course of action? Not necessarily—especially since you run the business alone and can afford to be selective.

Will your personal growth and effectiveness be affected if you generally cut Blues out of your life? Definitely. However, it’s your call at the end of the day.

The greatest part of our life journey is that we are free to choose whatever path we would like to take. What we can’t choose, are our consequences.

If you feel that your business is not dependent on a certain segment of the population to be successful, that’s one thing. However, if you exclude Blues in general from your life, I can promise you that you will miss out on the extremely enriching qualities that they bring to the table.

Blues make up approximately 35% of the general population, and they bring a very unique perspective and an unmatched depth to their relationships. Yes, they can be suspicious. However, once they learn to trust you and are fully committed, they will also be fiercely loyal.

Keep all of this in mind while making your decision, and if you do decide to not take on more Blue clients at work, be sure to be extremely cognizant to not exclude them from the connections you make outside of work or you will do yourself a terrible disservice.

Good luck to you, Mark. Thanks for the question!

Very best of living,

Jeremy Daniel
Training Director
Color Code International

Jeremy Daniel (Core Color: Yellow) has been working with the Color Code since 1998 in various capacities from training in the field personally with Dr. Taylor Hartman to designing customized corporate solutions and new training programs for various industries.  To ask about Jeremy’s training or speaking services, please email and inquiry to jeremy@colorcodetraining.com.