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7 Reasons Why Your Clients Aren't "Getting It" When you Talk and Write About What You Do

Consulting Matters

They try to sit down and write copy for their website or marketing or a simple blog post and they face writer's block so intense that it's a miracle that more computers of consultants and coaches aren't flung against the wall. Try handwriting your ideas in a journal. There's some serious copy gold in those conversations!

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Keep Calm (and practice self-care)

Kai Davis

Expect the business-, marketing-, and freelancing-focused letters to resume on ~Friday. Journaling. I use a mixture of Notion.so (business/workday journal) and a paper notebook (personal/life journal). Their guided meditations (and daily ~10-minute meditation) make building a meditation habit very graceful.

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Deceit

Martinka Consulting

According to a July 7, 2017 Wall Street Journal article, television networks play a game to disguise possible poor ratings. People I know in the job market find a lot of misleading job descriptions. And to be fair, we know there are a lot of embellished resumes out there. Other databases show middle-market firms sell for 6.5-7.0

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Inflate the Swimming Toys Not Your Assets

Martinka Consulting

On August 24 my phone buzzed with a news flash from The Wall Street Journal. Yes, they can inflate their resume, like they do for jobs, and that’s why relationship is so important. Can inventory values be inflated, sure, but if the deal says the lower of cost or market the value can’t be more than the cost. This one seems easy.

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Fool Me Once Or Fool Me All The Time

Martinka Consulting

On June 2, 2018 Jason Zweig’s article in the Wall Street Journal was titled, “ The Fanciful Alphabet Soup Companies Use to Fool You.” This goes back to before the stock market crash of 1929. First, most of the creative Ebitda terms in the public market have nothing on the creativity used when selling businesses. Conclusion.

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The A through Z of Success Attributes

Chad Barr

Great learning takes place when you make it a habit to Journal often. No matter what your business specialty is, you must become a Marketing machine. Our clients care less about our resume and care only about the trasnformation we provide. What new Knowledge have you gained and shared this year?

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Managing Career Transitions

Brimstone Consulting

Take the time to write the answers down in a journal or somewhere where you can refer back to them. Even if you’re not actively looking for a job, take a few hours each year to update your resume. What are the gaps in your experience that need to be filled to get to the next level? What kind of leader do you want to be?