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>> patio11 gave advice on consulting which, as a long time consultant -- rather successfully (but still not enough to start doling wisdom) -- I found completely
by runako 11y ago
>> patio11 gave advice on consulting which, as a long time consultant -- rather successfully (but still not enough to start doling wisdom) -- I found completely at odds with the reality I've endured, but it's a big world so maybe I just fly in different circles.
Just a thought, informed only by your comments here: your attitude is probably limiting your success. Nobody likes negativity, or working with negative people.
More concretely, successful consultants sell possibility: an organization can be stronger, faster, better, more successful than their goals if only they hire me as a consultant. Your attitude screams the opposite.
Just my unbiased feedback (I've never met Patrick and don't have a dog in this fight).
- irrigation 11y agoyour attitude is probably limiting your success. Nobody likes negativity, or working with negative people. My earnings are within the top 0.5% in the US. I am very respected in my industry. I mean, you don't have to believe this, and you rightly shouldn't believe this. But the thing is that I'm not trying to sell you me, my startup, my business, or a product -- tptacek keeps trying to denigrate the fact that I'm anonymous, as if their own raw self-promotion were more pure and credible. I saw some claims that struck me as fantasy, so I questioned them. Skepticism, or real experience, is not the same as negativity. Nor is gullibility the sign of positivity. Further, judging my "attitude" by a position on extraordinary claims seems a bit specious.