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Highlights of Episode 93

• What a consultant is, how it’s different from a coach or from a contractor
• What makes for a successful consultant
• Why true expertise is critical to a successful consultancy practice
• The 6 principles for running a successful practice
• Why asking the quality and meaningful questions is super important (and what are the “right” questions)

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Are you looking to leverage your hard-earned expertise to take your career into a new direction? Starting a consultancy practice may be worth considering.

Are you looking to leverage your hard-earned expertise to take your career into a new direction? Starting a consultancy practice may be worth considering.

Are you looking to leverage your hard-earned expertise to take your career into a new direction? Starting a consultancy practice may be an option worth considering.

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Highlights of Episode 93

* What a consultant is, how it's different from a coach or from a contractor

* What makes for a successful consultant

* Why true expertise is critical to a successful consultancy practice

* The 6 principles for running a successful practice

* Why asking the quality and meaningful questions is super important (and what are the "right" questions)

Michael Zipursky is a kind of consultant for consultants. He helps businesspeople run their businesses more efficiently and effectively. But more importantly, he specializes in helping people transition into a successful consultancy (or simply find more success as a consultant) by leveraging and marketing their expertise in an enormously crowded field.

Right out of the gate, I asked Michael to define what being a consultant means and whether anyone can be a consultant. He also shared the 6 principles that he and his business partner use to run a successful consultancy practice.

People's origin story - how they found their way into their careers - always fascinate me. In the second half of our conversation, Michael and I talked about how he got into this line of work, what exactly does he do, and who his company serves.

I hope this conversation inspires your next career move and sparks ideas for leveraging your hard-earned expertise into a new direction.

Mentioned in this episode

* The 51-page guide Michael mentioned: Consulting Blueprint

* The Consulting Success Podcast

* 80/20 Sales and Marketing by Perry Marshall*

* Simplify: How the Best Businesses in the World Succeed by Richard Koch*

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Are you looking to leverage your hard-earned expertise to take your career into a new direction? Starting a consultancy practice may be worth considering.

Are you looking to leverage your hard-earned expertise to take your career into a new direction? Starting a consultancy practice may be worth considering.

Are you on your way to Burnout City? Who is most susceptible, how to catch the telltale signs and what to do about it.

My guest today is Dara Paoletti – a certified life coach – who specializes in helping women beat burnout and get their life back. 

Highlights of Episode 92

• How to recognize what Dara refers to as the “zombie” work-life.
• Three common misconceptions around burn out
• Being a workaholic doesn’t mean you’re heading to burnout. Conversely, burnout happens even to non-workaholics.
• How to recognize the telltale signs of burnout
• Small steps are the key to recovering from or preventing burnout

For the show notes, highlights, and links, visit https://secondbreaks.com/podcast

Get full access to Shaping Life at loublaser.substack.com/subscribe

"You can feel burn-out whether your work full-time or part-time, whether you love your work or not."

Are you on your way to Burnout City? Who is most susceptible, how to catch the telltale signs and what to do about it.

https://chtbl.com/track/4EG9E/https://media.blubrry.com/secondbreaks/content.blubrry.com/secondbreaks/SB92a.mp3

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Highlights of Episode 92

* How to recognize what Dara refers to as the "zombie" work-life.

* Three common misconceptions around burn out

* Being a workaholic doesn't mean you're heading to burnout. Conversely, burnout happens even to non-workaholics.

* How to recognize the telltale signs of burnout

* Small steps are the key to recovering from or preventing burnout

• • •

My guest today is Dara Paoletti - a certified life coach - who specializes in helping women beat burnout and get their life back.

Dara’s been there. She experienced feeling burnout herself. In this episode, she shares her own story - how she felt and why, for a long time, she thought what she was experiencing was “normal”.

Dara has spent time studying burnout and she shares some common misconceptions around this topic - including who’s most susceptible to burnout. I’ll tell you, is not who I thought it would be!

Dara’s suggestions for burnout recovery will probably surprise you - as it did me. They are small steps. So small you’d think “how is this going to help me”. But these baby steps are precisely what we need to overcome burnout.

Mentioned in this episode

* Dara's Work-Life Uprising Podcast

* Dara's book recommendation: The Way We're Working Isn't Working by Tony Schwartz*

 

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