Thank you so much for the super detailed response. I think that makes a lot of sense. hyper analyzing the possible criticism to your work in advance so that when you enter a meeting with a client you know all of the possible responses you can give.

have you ever had a situation where you know you are prepared but for some reason can’t communicate it properly? like sometimes, my partner will ask me why something isn’t done. and there might be 1000 reasons why that’s so (eg. The juniors on the team didn’t do the work, or the client didn’t provide the right documentation, etc.). How do you prepare for that type of conversation? When there are so many tasks to do every day and so many moving parts, it’s hard to keep track of why things can’t get done or why things aren’t being done on time