The Consultant's BEST Asset? - SOLVING PROBLEMS = GREAT LIFE? - 011

it's not that you give up on your problems no no no no no no no you just need to give up the illusion that you'll ever finish solving problems I've built many startups well so than the fans of Bitcoin is exactly the place that I like to be we're gonna end it right there [Music] what's up guys I hope you guys are having a wonderful day today I want to talk to you guys today about a consultants best asset now many of you may remember or may know that I spent 12 years as a software consultant traveling the world training people in agile software development scrum methodology scrum framework wrote a couple books on this travel internationally went spoke all over the world some of my greatest memories so my greatest memories were of my consulting life and the people that I've met some some

some people have become great friends of mine and there are all the way across the world because of this consulting lifestyle that I had for 12 years I put an average of a hundred and sixty-five thousand miles in the Delta seats every year guaranteeing me diamond status now I was a delta I was a delta member since 1997 guys and so I have seen the rewards program that SkyMiles program that you know partner programs change and evolve so many times that it is no longer possible to really get the highest perks of diamond unless you're just spending a ton of money or you really aren't traveling full-time but anyway anyway that's neither here nor there what I wanted to talk to you guys a bit about today it was a consultant best asset and where this came about was an idea stream that I had

and what I was thinking about initially was this idea of what makes projects fun for me what makes a project fun for me now for anyone else there's a multiplicity of reasons why a new project a new initiative a new thing that you're doing in life and pretty much everything you do in life isn't project nothing's forever right but for you it might be a whole slew of different reasons that things excite you but I know for me what excites me the most about any type of project in life whether it's business professional or personal it's always been solving problems and that my friends is the consultants best asset a consultants best asset is an innate deep desire genetically coded into their system a genetic desire some would call disorder maybe we're going to talk about that in a second but a genetic desire to

solve problems that really is in my opinion and being a consultant for 12 years the consultants best asset now this this this this that they love solving problems and that they have the ability to find the problem in any situation in any situation now this as you can clearly see is a double-edged sword right you make it innately you might by design love solving problems but but what comes with that is you therefore have the ability to often find the problem in any situation and this was 100 percent and is still 100 percent true for me even in my earliest memories of being a consultant not just a professional consult but being a consultant in life I remember some of my most my earliest consultative moments are consulting moments in life we're in middle school that's when I began to see patterns in the world

what comes with that is you therefore have the ability to often find the problem in any situation and this was 100 percent and is still 100 percent true for me even in my earliest memories of being a consultant not just a professional consult but being a consultant in life I remember some of my most my earliest consultative moments are consulting moments in life we're in middle school that's when I began to see patterns in the world that's when I began to see problems with the system that's when I began to see breakdowns and the social structures between the Goths and the punk rockers and the in the hoods and the rappers and the gangsters the oh geez and and the people who like hootie and the blowfish versus people who like Green Day I don't know guys the 80s and 90s are great years to

me but you see this is also the prom this is the occupational disease of a consultant is that they have the ability to find the problem in any situation because they are innately in tune or attuned they are innately attuned defining problems now as you could probably imagine this is more than just a a professional issue this is a personal issue right don't you know that guy don't you know that gal that whenever you hang out with them they're always pointing out problems right and they're always looking at the the negative side of things and you say well Peter that I didn't have that in my mind oh you must be thinking of what's worse than that you know it's worse than the person that's looking at it and picking at everybody's problems the person that looks and sees everyone's problems and they try to

help that's me guys I'm that annoying friend I'm the one where I have literally had people tell me Peter like I like you in this setting I just can't do you in this setting and I've had people tell me Peter you're better on online I've had people say Peter I can only take so much of this I've literally heard something someone say it was it was within this year someone say to my face Peter this is only this is why I can only take like an hour of you that's me that's my flaw that's that's that's that's the the consultants occupational hazard I don't know if any of you guys are their consultants or I live with consultants or no consultants but our true consultants then you know that true consultants are people who love solving problems but the fatal flaw in that is that

they love solving problems because they're really good at seeing problems in every situation you see to be a consultant you must detest problems but at the same time you enjoy problem solving and if you're a great consultant exceptional consultant then you enjoy the process and the people along the way as you're helping them solve problems in business or in life now I have had the privilege over many many years many many different projects of life to constantly be in a position of solving problems and that really is what makes projects fun for me but this occupational hazard the consultants best asset of being able to find problems in every situation is also the consultants occupational disease and if you can't live with problems that you find all the time then consultant will kill you living a life of trying to be a good human being

many many years many many different projects of life to constantly be in a position of solving problems and that really is what makes projects fun for me but this occupational hazard the consultants best asset of being able to find problems in every situation is also the consultants occupational disease and if you can't live with problems that you find all the time then consultant will kill you living a life of trying to be a good human being and helping other people while also trying to make an income as a consultant if you cannot live with problems consulting will kill you because consulting is the endless wheel of revealing problems around you all the time and so should a consultant give up solving problems know just what it can great consultant it can someone who wants the last a consultant who wants to survive and continue to

be a good or excellent consultant someone who solves problems it's not that you give up on your problems no no no no no no no you just need to give up the illusion that you'll ever finish solving problems because once you complete a problem once you finish a problem isn't there just another one right behind it is this not the madness of life my friends is this not what you have in your short life or even long life depending on who you are listening to this is this not part of the cycle of decay part of the cycle of life that is inevitable is that once you complete a problem or solve a problem or complete something the second problem gets promoted to first priority problem there's always a problem there's always something to be fixed I truly believe if you're listening to this and

if you love solving problems you will live a great life you'll live an excellent life you'll live an excellent life it's Jerry Weinberg would say you'd live a group you would live a good life but if you can learn to ignore some problems when you choose to then you can live your best life and that is something that I am constantly relearning is that I don't need to address every problem in the room I don't need to go after every problem that I see problem solving for me is exceptionally fun it's invigorating it's exciting it brings me alive because I know that on the other side of solving that problem there is a reward often that reward is internal yay I did it congratulations pound on the back you did it man I mean it was the last time any of you heard me asking

for praise I just don't it for me as an introvert naturally for me the goal the the outcome of every endeavor that I endeavor on is internal reward the feeling of satisfaction that I completed something I myself worthy of the task sometimes even I proved others wrong who said that I couldn't do it but solving problems is a great life to have and as I was thinking about this is and this is how I want to end this guy's for you because many of you guys are like this didn't mean anything to me I'm not a consultant and I don't love solving problems and certainly I don't get paid to solve problems well actually you are you might not be paid to solve problems but your entire life is a journey of solving life's biggest constraints life's biggest conundrums life's biggest questions life's biggest unknowns

about this is and this is how I want to end this guy's for you because many of you guys are like this didn't mean anything to me I'm not a consultant and I don't love solving problems and certainly I don't get paid to solve problems well actually you are you might not be paid to solve problems but your entire life is a journey of solving life's biggest constraints life's biggest conundrums life's biggest questions life's biggest unknowns life's biggest issues and problems that's what life is life is smashing yourself up against the unknown every day even if you have a job that is so governmental in nature then you could literally sleep through your job because nothing ever changes there but regardless of the employment that you are engaged in on the daily you are everyday relatively smashing up against the unknown you don't know what's

gonna happen to date you certainly don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow there are things that maybe you've ignored for too long maybe you're too good of a consultant and life's too good because you're good at ignoring those things that you shouldn't ignore I'm telling you I loved being a consult I still am a consultant in my heart I still saw prompt moving from a 12 year career as a IT software development consultant moving into the cryptocurrency game full-time where I am now is I'm still a consultant I'm still solving epic problems I'm creating software to solve problems that I believe that people need to have solutions for and that brings me alive no no all of you are they but I will share this with you as much as I love solving problems and this has made me a perfect candidate for a life of

consulting I'll tell you that solving problems in your own life can be just as invigorating because I tell you as much as I enjoyed solving my clients problems you know it was the harder and more worthy task it was solving my own problems improving my own life looking at what is around me and not being satisfied thank the Lord for men and women who look around them and have never been satisfied they are the reason we have all of the luxuries and all the great tech today because some men and some women are willing to look at the problems and say man I could do that better challenge for you guys today is to consider what are some of the problems you've been ignoring become a consultant today take one step forward in solving that life problem that life issue that life improvement project career

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