I don’t have a vision for my career other than to make a comfortable living and not work myself to death. How do I shape a personal brand in consulting when I’m not passionate about what I do?

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Move to industry

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OP I’m with you. I need to move, but I find myself with no skills to move 😞

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Build a great team that can do good work for you. That way you can concentrate on selling one thing you are really good at. You don’t have to like it. You just need some experience to learn that stuff in such a great detail that you can continue selling it in the marketplace on and on. However, you might need to reinvent yourself in every 2-3 years. So a bit of motivation will be helpful to sustain this.

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^I am 7+ years experienced at a boutique consulting firm. Will be a manager soon. Thats one step below the partner level at my firm. I know a bit about selling because 30% of my job is business development.

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Pick a sector, and high performing team. Ride the wave.

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You don't

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SC, 4 years

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OP same here but i think introspection helps

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Op speak truth

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What do you know about selling consultant 1 ? Lol. Giving advice like a partner

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Do what you like. Don’t do something because you are forced to. Find a place that aligns with your interest and go there

Go to a specialist track where you can spend more time at each level with less pressure to conform to the up-or-out model.

Same boat. Applying to masters programs now. ROI is not there a. Consulting but I liked being an undergrad engineer. Consulting has been blah

What level and experience ?

Maybe your brand can be ambivalence? Think Office Space

Fake it til you make it

Common misconception is that the people who work themselves to death in consulting are the most successful. I actually find it quite the opposite. The people who work themselves to death (outside of poor initial scoping) over complicate things. As consultants we over complicate bings to make it seems as though we are the only ones that can get the job done.

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