Constant Renewal for Success

I remember when my wife and I had just graduated from college and were beginning our careers. I was a consultant and she was a middle school teacher. We were both filled with optimism and enthusiasm. We had the potential to change the world. As a teacher, she was...

How To Be Successful in Consulting by Failing

We hear about people “playing it safe” all the time. You hear it in investing scenarios when someone invests in vehicles that may not aggressively increase in value, but probably won’t lose value. Sport team’s do it all the time.  Football teams develop prevent...

How We Are Taught Not to Succeed

I still remember my kindergarten class with Miss Fischer.  We did our fair share of learning, memorizing the days of the week, the alphabet and so on.  But more than that, I remember singing, playing, and climbing the jungle gym. It wasn’t until first grade that we...

Mr. Client, How Do You Define Success?

Consultants love the client during the sales cycle.  It’s the courtship phase where the people at the client seem like decent human beings.  And better yet, the client thinks consultants seem decent. Consultants promise them success and the client often believes it. ...

Learning From Consulting Mistakes

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over, and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”  –...