If It's Outside the Scope, It's Inside the Invoice

You didn't quit your 9-to-5 to be overworked, underpaid, and emotionally bankrupt.
This is the book every consultant, creative, and freelancer wishes they had before they said "yes" to that lowball client, before they worked an entire weekend unpaid, before they lost their voice in a business they built to feel free.
If It's Outside the Scope, It's Inside the Invoice is your unapologetic manual for running a high-integrity, high-profit business without burning out or selling out. Written by consultant and boundary-setting expert Quentin R. Shires, this isn't just a book about money - it's a book about power. The power to say no. The power to charge your worth. The power to build a business that respects your time, your talent, and your nervous system.
Inside, you'll learn how to:- Identify (and ditch) bottom-feeder clients- Raise your rates without spiraling into guilt- Reclaim your time, energy, and peace without sacrificing profit- Scale sustainably while protecting your mental health- Create airtight boundaries that leave no room for scope creep
This is not a pep talk. It's a permission slip, a pricing guide, and a blueprint for consultants and freelancers who are ready to stop people-pleasing and start profiting - without apology.
Because your time is billable. And your peace? That's priceless.

Quentin Shires is a doctoral-level mental health clinician with over 15 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families untangle the messiness of love, dating, marriage, and everything in between. Throughout his career, he's guided clients through breakups, breakthroughs, commitment issues, communication breakdowns, emotional glow-ups, and the occasional "accidental texting of an ex."
Known for blending clinical insight with compassion (and the occasional side-eye at toxic behavior), Quentin brings a grounded, relatable, and refreshingly honest perspective to modern relationships. His work has empowered thousands to set boundaries, raise standards, and stop mistaking mixed signals for mystery.
After over a decade of watching brilliant people fall for walking red flags in fitted jeans, Quentin finally wrote the book that says what your therapist wants to say but legally can't.
This is self-help with bite. And maybe a little wine.