Have You Ever Considered Yourself A Consultant?

Have you ever considered yourself a consultant? The title “consultant” used to be reserved for retired diplomats and former top executive officers. They would be recruited because of their “contacts”, rather than their practical knowledge. Their “consultant” role was more honorary than actual. That picture has changed dramatically over the last few decades of my career. In the many things I’ve done, consulting with my wide variety of clients has been one of my favourite activities.

My Interior Consultant

Today, you can hire a consultant for just about anything. The “prestige” of the consultant role, if there ever was any, has changed. My cleaning company calls themselves an ”interior consultant”. Don’t get me wrong, I love the value my cleaners bring to my life, but their role isn’t primarily of an advisory nature. Similar to my cleaners, the number of “consultants“ for almost any problem in life has increased tenfold.

Today, the array of available consultants to do anything imaginable i…