Feet to the Fire Status Update - 11/11/2007

Feet to the Fire Update - Liz and I are meeting with our CD cover designer this week, then we can go to manufacturing.

I am reading "Million Dollar Consulting" - Third Edition - by Alan Weiss. I am amazed by the turns my life is taking. I first bought this book in 1999 in South Africa (I don't know which edition) when I was a consultant for WinConnect ( A Microsoft Consulting Partner).

I bought the book from Amazon.com and paid an arm and a leg for it with the exchange rate. Then I paid a similar arm and leg for shipping. When I read the book,many concepts were mind-blowing - I could not imagine how anyone could earn a Million Dollars a year in consulting when I compared it to my income at the time. This book changed my paradigm on the possibility of Value-based fees and earning substantial income as a consultant.

Unfortunately, this was one of the books that had to stay behind when we left South Africa in 2001. We came to the USA with six suitcases and a total of $400 in cash. There was no place for numerous books. I was forced to leave my library of books behind and am still building up a library again.

Now seven years later I am reading Million Dollar Consulting again. This time I think I am getting more practical advice because there are significant differences between consulting in South Africa in 1999 and consulting in Connecticut in 2007.

If you haven't read Million Dollar Consulting, I suggest you read it. Even if you are not currently consulting Alan's points and comments are thought provoking. (I don't know about you but I prefer indulging in stimulating books rather than accepting the mind-numbing TV Programming. )

Please post your thoughts. What thought provoking books do you like to indulge yourself in?