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18 September 2006

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Gregory Rehmke

There is at least some check for consultants. They have to find buyers for their presentations year after year. If their past advice proves bad, firms should remember.

Imagine academia, where this fellow will probably land when he can't find business customers. There he can lecture for decades to students about how business "really works."

Ben

And my next lesson in humility (I am afforded so many!) was kindly pointed out to me by a colleague.

Originally the last paragraph ended bluntly - something like: "... until that same sing-song voice asked, "so, what do you do?" It was an attempt at situational humor to show how quickly the tables had turned on me. But I probably didn't use proper grammer so that a reader might be confused about who I was referring to - the doctor or the "guru."

Also, just a few paragraphs prior I'd used "singing a song" and folks might thing I was casting an aspersion to that, further confusing the reader - or worse, giving the reader an impression that I was making fun of the doctor's accent.

Hopefully the longer version of the last paragraph is easier to parse and gets across my thoughts more accurately.

Kevin

I liked it the first way, though I could see how the grammar/reference could have been misinterpreted. It may have been a little confusing, but the sharp bite of humility came through. Who hasn't been in the situation of feeling smug (especially in business), just to have the rug pulled out from under moments later? Principle #8 has a way of slapping you in the face!

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