Consulting goes mainstream

More and more people are choosing consulting as their primary or secondary mode of income. Consulting as a career has become widely accepted, and more frequently preferred in today’s busy world. There are many reasons why consulting has gone mainstream: do any of them apply to you?

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Steve Jobs, Apple and being an expert

I tripped across this photo of Steve Jobs’ notes for the iPhone launch. Even the head of Apple Computers needed notes to navigate the iPhone. The expert needed help.

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Hope and creativity – Caine’s Arcade

Last night, I watched Caine’s Arcade, a short film about the arcade a 9 year old boy from South LA has built by hand. Using cardboard boxes from his dad’s car parts store and a whole lot of imagination, Caine has created an arcade that rivals any you’d find downtown or at Chuck E. Cheese’s.

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6 easy mistakes consultants make

Easy mistakes catch the best of us off guard. After 15 years as a consultant, I’ve seen it all – and done it all. Fortunately, I’d like to think most of my mistakes were in the early years and that I have at least moved on to mistakes that take experience to make. Ha! So I’m in a great position to point out six easy mistakes many people make with their consulting businesses.

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How to manage home office clutter

You may be asking this question as you stare at your disorganized desk: how to manage home office clutter? It isn’t as difficult as you might think. Just follow these few simple steps, and you, too, can have a clutter-free office space so that you can concentrate on the important stuff.

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