As a solo consultant or consulting business owner, do you often feel like there are never enough hours in the day?
It’s common to feel overwhelmed by the amount of client work on your plate. As a result, it’s often business development gets neglected. And this leads to significant peaks and troughs in the pipeline — which shows up in your revenue and cash flow. All of this results in consultants working more hours despite starting their businesses so they could work fewer hours.
And when you’re too much time on the business, your health, lifestyle, and relationships can suffer. Once this fatigue kicks in, it reduces your ability to think creatively and strategically about how to get better outcomes for your business — and for your clients as well. Most consultants think better managing their time is the goal. But time is not the issue.
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