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Today With Michelle Lynne: Welcome to A Well-Designed Business! Today I am joined by Michelle Lynn, president of ML Interiors Group, a successful design firm based in Dallas, and founder of Designed for the Creative Mind where she teaches interior designers and decorators the proven practices, effective processes, and profitable systems to run their businesses with purpose and efficiency. I get a lot of requests to talk about what constitutes billable hours. I think you’ll enjoy the answer to all of the tasks you should be charging your clients, but also we shift into the importance of standing by what we charge, knowing we’re worth what we charge, and yet again, educating our clients. Pick It Apart [6:40] The conversation starts about what constitutes billable hours. [20:20] If Michelle HAD to pick three tasks that may not be considered billable. [21:30] The controversial subject of charging less hourly when using your junior designer.  [38:00] LuAnn emphasizes the internal work that needs to be done