http://www.contrarianconsulting.com Contrarian Consulting Alan Weiss Sat, 10 May 2008 13:56:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en he word “profession,” I believe, comes from the Latin professus, which means “proclaimed publicly.” Uh, oh! Who and what constitutes public proclamation? In law, it seems to me it’s passing the bar exam. (Being graduated from a law school is simply a precursor, and one wonders why it’s necessary if someone ... http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/whats-with-this-profession/ NEW: SELF-ESTEEM WORKSHOP December 2-3 www.summitconsulting.com/self_esteem_workshop.html The intent is simple. Building on my work with individuals around the globe, I want to help you: Identify the uncertainties, perceived vulnerabilities, and situations which cause you to perform at less than your optimal capacity; understand the causes of those dynamics, and receive timely yet ... http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/new-the-self-esteem-workshop/ My friends, one of the fundamental problems with planning is that the world has a different idea about how things are going to happen. Your assumptions, visualizations, projections, forecasts, and suppositions turn out to be wrong. Get over it. If the world always complied with your expectations, this would be a highly ... http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/the-world-doesnt-always-comply/ Click on arrow below for podcast to start Click Here for entire podcast series table of contents © Alan Weiss 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/abasement/ Your members can buy the Fees and Pricing Benchmark Report: Consulting Industry 2008 through your affiliate link at 20% off. The general public can buy the report at full price by visiting this link: www.raintoday.com/feesandpricingmarketing.cfm. _______________________ Aaron Joslow Editor RainToday.com ajoslow@raintoday.com 508-405-0438 ext 304 (This research report demonstrates the power of value based fees over hourly ... http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/value-based-fees-research/ Click Here for entire series table of contents © Alan Weiss 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/heres-what-i-would-change-episode-20/ I met a woman at a fund raiser the other day, and she seemed quite impressive. She was well dressed, well spoken, had written a book, and knew some heavy hitters. Then, when she explained why she was setting up a small office in another state where she spends some time, ... http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/looking-and-acting-like-a-success/ There is some deep, inexorable, terrestrial alarm that awakens things around here at this time in April. The Latin "aperire" means "to open," and that's what's occurring throughout my realm. (April was once the second month in the Roman calendar, but then King Pompilius added January and February and April, ... http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/spring-awakenings/ April 24, 2008 For Immediate Release Kimberlee Wilkerson Inducted Into Million Dollar Consultant® Hall of Fame Kimberlee Wilkerson, president of Wilkerson Consulting Group in Cedar Rapids, IA is the newest inductee into the Million Dollar Consultant® Hall of Fame, one of only ten in the world so honored. Criteria for election include: • Serving as an ... http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/kimberlee-wilkerson-inducted-into-hall-of-fame/ Click on arrow below for podcast to start Click Here for entire podcast series table of contents © Alan Weiss 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.contrarianconsulting.com/koufax-and-the-cat/