Introduction
Welcome to the greatest profession in the world. I'm talking about being an independent management consultant, an incredibly exciting and rewarding career that can also be an exceptionally lucrative one, if done correctly.
It's what I call a brain job. Peter Drucker would call it a knowledge worker's profession, in line with his description of a world changing from an economy of laborers to one of thinkers. Consider it becoming a free agent in an entire economy of free agents. In this career you get to take all that wonderful knowledge and experience you've developed in your professional management career and turn them into a dream job.
What other career allows you to incur almost zero overhead, work a majority of your time from home (yes, even in pajamas), spend all the time you want with your loved ones, and control exactly what work you do, and for whom?
It's no wonder that the occupation of management consultant is the single fastest-growing job in the entire country right now. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, this occupation is growing at 84 percent, nearly double that of the next closest job title. From those who have been laid off to those who no longer wish to allow someone else to control their entire lives, people around the world are taking this leap.
Don't let this statistic scare you, however. There is still plenty of room to grow. What statistics like these do mean, though, is that this isn't the same industry it was 20 years ago. Gone ...
