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jaggederestyesterday at 5:44 PM4 repliesview on HN

There's also good money to be made telling people what they already know, usually in the form of a report and/or powerpoint deck


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chasd00yesterday at 7:04 PM

> report and/or powerpoint deck

if you can sell someone on a second report to verify the first you can make a lot of money too.

"a man with one watch always knows what time it is, a man with two watches is never quite sure"

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groby_byesterday at 6:48 PM

Ah, but you only tell them the things they already know and want to hear.

That filter is crucial in any kind of advisory/consulting work. You're there to confirm biases, in 95% of the cases.

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joewhaleyesterday at 8:22 PM

these are what self help books are.