Comments on: How We Defy Common Sense and Overcomplicate Our Business Lives http://israpreneur.com/defy-common-sense-overcomplicate-business-lives/ Business Ideas, advice, inspiration & Job Hunting in Israel Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:33:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dov Gordon http://israpreneur.com/defy-common-sense-overcomplicate-business-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-3758 Dov Gordon Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:32:39 +0000 http://israpreneur.com/?p=775#comment-3758 Hi Yocheved, Good luck with your new position! And thanks for your comment and sharing your experience. Dov Hi Yocheved,

Good luck with your new position! And thanks for your comment and sharing your experience.

Dov

]]> By: Yocheved Golani http://israpreneur.com/defy-common-sense-overcomplicate-business-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-3698 Yocheved Golani Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:23:39 +0000 http://israpreneur.com/?p=775#comment-3698 This is a powerful Life Lesson, one I've benefitted from in the business world - by coming at it from a different angle. Sometimes we need to know whom not to include on our client lists: folks who squeeze hard for free favors, imply debts not owed to them, doing whatever they can to override the good judgment and expertise of the consultant they hired. They are manipulative, lumping discrete issues into one indistinguishable, increasingly dangerous lump in order to force their desired (ultimately counterproductive) agenda! I was burned a few times until I stopped doing business with anyone who ever tried to pressure me to work against my better judgment. In each case above, the client(s) lack(ed) observable evidence on which to base their claims. They rejected realistic assessments, and ignored verbal or written contracts. I erred at trying to accommodate those clients, later regreting those decisions. Manipulative tactics undermine the business at hand and the people being victimized. I've been selective about the people with whom I work ever since. I only work with folks qualified to do their jobs and to benefit from my skills. That approach recently resulted in a full-time employment offer for my former consultancy work. I'm about to contact to become a staff member of a stable company already benefitting from my content-providing expertise. No more piece-work for me: full-time employment with a realistic employer a faces me now. And I retain the the freedom to consult as I wish. Yocheved Golani http://www.linkedin.com/in/yochevedgolaniink http://twitter.com/yochevedgolani www.yochevedgolani.com and http://itsmycrisisandillcryifineedto.blogspot.com/ This is a powerful Life Lesson, one I’ve benefitted from in the business world – by coming at it from a different angle. Sometimes we need to know whom not to include on our client lists: folks who squeeze hard for free favors, imply debts not owed to them, doing whatever they can to override the good judgment and expertise of the consultant they hired. They are manipulative, lumping discrete issues into one indistinguishable, increasingly dangerous lump in order to force their desired (ultimately counterproductive) agenda!

I was burned a few times until I stopped doing business with anyone who ever tried to pressure me to work against my better judgment. In each case above, the client(s) lack(ed) observable evidence on which to base their claims. They rejected realistic assessments, and ignored verbal or written contracts. I erred at trying to accommodate those clients, later regreting those decisions. Manipulative tactics undermine the business at hand and the people being victimized.

I’ve been selective about the people with whom I work ever since. I only work with folks qualified to do their jobs and to benefit from my skills. That approach recently resulted in a full-time employment offer for my former consultancy work. I’m about to contact to become a staff member of a stable company already benefitting from my content-providing expertise. No more piece-work for me: full-time employment with a realistic employer a faces me now. And I retain the the freedom to consult as I wish.

Yocheved Golani http://www.linkedin.com/in/yochevedgolaniink
http://twitter.com/yochevedgolani
http://www.yochevedgolani.com and
http://itsmycrisisandillcryifineedto.blogspot.com/

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