David Nyeste

Drága Nagymama, Közöttünk 1268km van. Mivel nagyon messze vagy, sajnos nem tudok neked személyesen gratulálni a születésnapodra. Már néhány éve nem voltam Magyarországon és így nem volt lehetöségem téged meglátogatni. Sok minden történt, mióta útóljára találkoztunk. A lányal, akivel útóljára meglátogattalak, összeköltöztünk és összeházasodtunk. Már két kis gyerekünk is van, akikkel én magyarul beszélek. Megértenek mindent, néha ezt azt magyarul is mondják , de persze ritkán fognak szót. Kis ördögök és kis angyalok. Például tegnap elött, amikor megkérdtezem öket, hogy szeretnének e fagyit enni, akkor azonnal igennel válaszol t ak, ahol fagylaltot még sose ettek. Azellen ha fogmosásra hívom öket, azonnal szaladnak a francba, pedig fogmosás mindennapi rend. Te három gyereket neveltél fel. Kíváncsi vagyok, milyen tanácsot adnál nekem most. Nem tudom, mikor foglak legközelebb meglátogatni. Nem tudom, hogy fogom e vinni a kis családomat, ha legközelebb meglátogatlak. De remélem ...

The Grand Final of awesomeness has at last arrived: the final five tips to a happier life are on the table. Is my inner most really always happy? And if yes, why am I not happy myself all the time? Are people born happy is happiness rather a temporarily achievement, maybe even an illusion we chase, like the end of a rainbow? Getting a little philosophical here. Let's leave this open for now and move on to more pressing issues, shall we? As a consultant you will actually literally 'each day (yes; and yes, even then) give (your results are sold for top money) something good (value) to others (your client)'. There will be rare occasions, when you don't really have tight deadlines or any urgent deliverables pending on your input. Use those rare opportunities wisely and enjoy these moments of calm. These moments will be rare and they will not last long. I might be able to think of a few areas, where that proposition is contraproductive. Competitiv...

The importance of being 'to the point'   We are on the finish line of our little tutorial of how to improve your consulting skills. This time the focus will be on saying as little as possible and at the same time creating the most value for your customer. Note that this is an imperative to exclusion. Since you will find that in life the majority of things are not worth your precious resources (time/passion/money etc.), I guess an advice to include the most valuable things would be more of a boon, e.g. 'Focus on what is (truly) valuable.' However you will certainly agree, that this is not always easily achieved. The value you actually aprecciate often comes with downsides. Sadly life of adults often is about compromise. Your favorite food is not available at work, so you choose 'the best there is', you would like to travel to far away places, but can't afford it because of time/budget/other restrictions, so you stay within your restrictions, your d...

It has been a while since the last post. Even consultants need vacation. That's the time when they usually get sick. But let's not diverge and get serious right away. Comparing lives does not sound particularly beneficial. First of all, focusing on the past is not the way to go on the path to achievement. Second, comparing 'lives' is complicated, because you have to gather a lot of information. Most of that information will be private, so probably most of the time you will not have sufficient data or any clue at all. This will lead you -most of the time- to bad assumptions.  However you can -and should- compare achievements. This is what people do all the time. Take a public 10k run. Most participants will be there for the fun, a lot of participants will be quite competitive and some will even put in all they can in order to achieve a good or even top result. That does not necessarily mean, they compete against each other. Sometimes beating yourself, setting ...

Welcome back everybody. Here we go again with the series 'How to not suck at consulting'. It has been a while since my last post, but things are running a little crazy at the moment for me.   May has traditionally lots of legal holidays, so it is supposed to be a pleasure from a worker's point of view. If you have multiple projects running simultaniously, the circumstances can differ slightly. It's all about deliverables and delivering. Customers seem to care little about the difference between working days and calendar days. However there's nothing more pathetic than a consultant or even a manager complaining about excess workloads. So let's get to the point.   Well, yes and no. Yes, meaning you should care about the food you eat and how much of it you eat. Basically, food and nutrition are crucial. And no, food is one piece of the puzzle, but the whole picture is your health. So you should eat whatever nourishes your heath. In consulting, tha...

Welcome back, and without further ado here we go, how to avoid gruesome consulting. First of all, I'd like to state 3 general rules of consulting: 1. Create value - Ask yourself, what benefits your customer most. 2. Make a point - After all analysis and evaluation, put your findings in few comprehensive points. Pick the most crucial ones (A-issues) and drop the rest - yes, just cut it out. 3. Enjoy - most of the time, you'll love what you're doing. That is the easy part, because fo lks tend to be best at things the y enjoy and are passionate about. But once in a while, you won't en joy everything . Be a professional: Embrace the suck! It's part of consulting . :-D And now, back to the game: 40 tips of how not to suck at consulting. First one is a good point relate d to customers. Your customers are not only the ones you can bill. Your customers are all people that have expectations tow ards you. Your consultants expect you to be a good manager and...

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