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Be A Contributor, Not A Guru

The Business of Authority

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The Colors Kids Metaphor Is So Important

If you never say no, you're not a consultant. You're scrambling trying to become one, right? It's a reminder of the sort of the colors kids metaphor that I use a lot when when I get a software developer who is really good at a particular technology. If they go to a startup, for example, so they picked a target buyer like, Oh, I love the excitement of working with startups and consulting with them on, let's just say react,. Then they go there and there's probably a bunch of people there who are really good at react already. And in their minds, you're going to be less of a magician with your toolkit than if you went to

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