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Guess What?

Alan Weiss

If not, guess what? Marshall Goldsmith and I, writing Lifestorming together, agreed that if someone intent on improving something can’t get it done (or substantially begun) in 30 days, they’re not able to do it without help. Have you restored your business to a fulfilling, growing status after six months of restrictions?

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If you don’t have an assistant, guess what – YOU are the assistant!

Rod Burkert

What are the alternatives to doing lunch? This is what we do! Isn’t that what you spend most of your time doing? If you don’t have an assistant, guess what? But, let me guess … you don’t think you can afford one. What changed my mind? So what can you delegate or outsource? Related posts.

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Applied Behavioral Economics Rule of Thumb #5: Recognize the Possibilities and Perils of Anchors

Steve Shu Consulting

Shifting to the world of human behavior, one classic example of the impact of anchoring on judgments was done by Jacowitz and Kahneman, where they asked people to guess the height of the tallest redwood tree. People who were first asked about the 180-foot anchor guessed the tallest redwood to be 282 feet high.

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Email Outreach For Consultants: Don’t Use Marketing Automation (Do This Instead)

Consulting Success

What type of LinkedIn requests or emails do you ignore? Guess what? Automated ones, right?! Every day, I’m bombarded with automated connection requests and emails. Your prospective clients are too. So, how can you stand out? How can you send a message that gets read and starts a relationship — instead of being deleted?

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Now is the Best Time to Raise Your Billing Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

Make a guess of what you think your new rate should be. For example, if your rate is now $150 an hour, what do you think is a logical next step? Do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Instead, I suggest triangulating on a rate that seems fair.

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Planning Your 2023 Projects and Projections

Kai Davis

What do you want your 2023 to look like in terms of projects, clients, and projected revenue? In addition to the habit of doing an annual review ( [link] ), I think it’s helpful to sit down and plan out what you want next year’s projects, projections, and profits to look like. Note: This is all an educated guess about the future!

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How and When to Raise Your Consulting Rate

Successful Independent Consulting

First, make a ballpark guess of what you think your new rate should be. For example, if your rate is now $150 an hour, what do you think is a logical next step? Third, do some market-rate benchmarking to learn what other consultants are charging, or what clients are paying. Here are four suggestions. Jot it down.