by Consultant's Mind | Learning
This is a quote first attributed to Dan Montano in the Economist, but was popularized by Thomas Friedman in The World is Flat. Here is the full quotation here: Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will...
by Consultant's Mind | Consulting
McKinsey & Company is a premiere management consulting firm with a long legacy of influential alumni, thought-provoking research, top-shelf billing rates, and legions of ivy-league smarties. They get called in to solve difficult problems – everything from...
by Consultant's Mind | Learning
From 2016, as a FYI, US tax laws keep changing. . . In my mind, depreciation has two meanings – the common sense definition most people know intuitively, and the financial accounting definition which dictates how costs of fixed assets are spread out over many...
by Consultant's Mind | Learning
Wrote this in 2016, so it’s fun to look back and reflect on this attitude, my investments, and my time. I look forward to retirement Who doesn’t? I recently went on a road trip to Key West and Sarasota Florida. Seriously, 80 degrees in December with a...
by Consultant's Mind | Fun
For those who know me, I am a huge fan of podcasts. Great story-telling and content, delivered for free, wonderful use of your time. If you intellectually curious, travel a lot, and don’t listen to podcasts or audiobooks, uh, I don’t understand you. Made a...
by Consultant's Mind | Fun
Written in 2016 I am a huge fan of Waze For those who have not used it, it’s a basic map app which tells you the most efficient route to your destination, which factors in traffic and construction. This simple 45 second video will give you a good taste for it...
by Consultant's Mind | Fun
Boarding a plan at midnight. . . This image tells a story. Red eye. Business class. The good with the bad. Welcome to consulting. Strange life. UBER driver #1 On the ride to the airport, I struck up a conversation with my UBER driver, who works at a local casino....
