The longer I stay in this industry, the more I realize that no one has their shit together and all these companies are still functioning out of sheer luck.

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That's the biggest lesson I've learned too - you can actually create a company without knowing all that much. #fakeittilyoumakeit

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When you say companies. You refer to consulting firms or clients in general. Because it might apply to either

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"Results That Endure"? More like "Fake It Till We Make It"

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As a consultant after seeing so many clients I am amazed how they survive and equally survived how we survive off them despite being more or less in the same state

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I cannot agree more. I am always wonder how our clients even turn a profit with all the stuff they have broken. Guess that's why we have jobs

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Including ours.

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That's the same with adults in general too. When you're a kid you think grown ups know everything and have their lives together... then you realize they're just older kids.

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