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Every Solopreneur Should Know Their Why

Successful Independent Consulting

When times get tough (and they will at some point), you’ll need to remind yourself why you’ve taken the road less travelled as a solopreneur. Will you be able to exercise more or eat a healthier diet? This may seem like a waste of time—like just a fluffy exercise—but trust me, it’s well worth taking the time to do it.

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Consultant Marketing The Essence

Jerry Fletcher

Contracts for consulting may include this phrase followed by specific goals that must be met by a certain time. BUT Time is of the essence in multiple ways for a consultant. As a consultant, running your own business, you can determine how many days a week you are gong to work and how long each day. Time is of the essence.It

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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business

I went with the pizza, but my lack of choices was annoying — so much so that, when I got home, I started looking into the data on health and travel for work. According to the Global Business Travel Association and American Express , Americans took more than 500 million domestic business trips in 2016.

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B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business

Consider what’s happened with travel: With the explosion of internet travel sites in the 2000s, consumers took charge of their own travel, and travel agencies hemorrhaged business. According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

Last week we held an MC exclusive subscriber giveaway contest – entrants told us in 200 words or less how they became interested in consulting. The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you.

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Managing your Energy, Time, and Tasks to have a Complete Day

Tom Spencer

For consultants, the average work day will consume the majority of that time, around 10-12 hours. Traveling and eating. Industry and function specific learning will help you develop your consulting toolkit. Networking is a critical habit for those in a consulting career. Traveling and eating. Manage your tasks.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

How in the world did Josh go from a PhD in cell and molecular biology to a job in federal consulting for The Tauri Group? Here at MC, we had the pleasure of recently interviewing Josh and asking him how he’s navigated his interesting career path, and how consulting was a great place for his passions and skills to collide.