The Design or Your Design?

As I step out of my comfort zone and venture out in the world of freelancing, I stop to think about the obstacles to come. Creating and designing for nearly a decade, you ask why start freelancing now why not sooner? Well as my 1# enemy I was always questioning my ability to create designs that people wanted. So today I put aside my fears and dived head first! Enough about the start, but where am I going? The reason for this post is to arise a question to all you designers or anyone who creates; in the process of designing when you create something in the vision of others is it truly your design?? If your visionary is wanting a specific design that you may not see their vision should it effect the intregrity of your design or question your ability to create just to appease your client...