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A Year to Remember. A Year to Forget.

Chad Barr

No one wanted to add another minute to this year, let alone another hour. We witnessed a year of jobs lost, store shelves empty of basic necessities and food banks and Covid testing lines growing longer every day. Let’s all be together next year by taking good care of each other this year. A Year to Forget.

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Business Development in the 21st Century

Successful Independent Consulting

The Right Frame of Mind The number one thing to remember before every touchpoint with a potential client: It’s not about you or your expertise or your solutions. Remember, you’re trying to uncover a pain point or challenge that you may be able to help with, and you need to understand their situation in order to do so.

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For Solopreneurs, Business Development = Relationship Development

Successful Independent Consulting

The biggest stress for self-employed professionals is business development: how to cultivate meaningful regular work. It's vexing for at least three reasons. First, solopreneurs are experts who are good at helping clients solve problems or achieve certain goals, but they are not usually trained in sales or marketing.

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How to Make a First or Lasting Impression

CaseInterview.com

I have met hundreds of very accomplished, wicked smart, and talented people over the years. THOSE people I remember. I remember the classmate who bullied me in 1987. I remember exactly where I was, what he did, and how I felt about it. I remember a different one in 1995. I can forgive, but I do not forget.

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Managing Your Time for Results

Rick Conlow

For example, quickly count the f’s in this sentence: “Finished files are the result of years of scientific study of a few dedicated experts.”. Did you just read the sentences as you remember them? It has much to do with conditioning, and blinders we put on caused by the beliefs we have learned over the years. But do not worry.

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Hello Darkness My Old Friend

Chad Barr

I had a flash back to when, many years ago, complete electrical grids crashed as the heat wave pushed across the country. Each year, as we suffer these outages, I remind my wife that we must finally get a powerful generator. If I remember… Get your copy of my latest new books available now on my Amazon’s author page.

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For Independent Consultants, Business Development = Relationship Development

Successful Independent Consulting

The biggest stressor for self-employed management consultants is business development: how to cultivate meaningful regular work. It’s vexing for a variety of reasons. First, consultants are good at helping clients solve problems but usually aren’t trained in sales or marketing. To meet the challenge I recommend changing your frame of reference.