Seven Potential Conflict Sources Between Clients and Consultants

When you ask your doctor what you need to do to feel good, she will tell you to eat well, have a reasonably low-stress or even stress-free lifestyle and exercise.

Nevertheless, out of every $20, $1 is spent on fitness and $19 is spent on cocaine.

Why do people do that?

Simple really.

You snort a little cocaine and a few seconds later you feel like Superman, ready to take over the world.

But fitness. Ahhhh.

You bust your arse for two weeks and nothing happens. Not a sausage. You haven’t lost one single inch from your waist, and your triceps muscles still look like jelly, no matter how hard you try to flex them.

The truth is that people desperately crave instant gratification. They yell...

“I want it all and I want it now!”

And with the proliferation of the Internet, they amend their old mantra to...

“I want it all, I want it now, and I want it free!”

Of course.

And sadly, this instant gratification mentality has penetrated the world of consulting faster than a speeding bullet.

So, consulting clients in search of financial quick fixes soon discover the cocaine of consulting...

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