People like to joke that management consultants are absolutely useless

People like to joke that management consultants are absolutely useless, but here are some things that I learned in my three years as a consultant that still serve me whether it's in my content creation or a new working in tech. I worked 60 hour weeks to acquire this information that I'm giving you for free, so follow for more videos like this. Number one, lead with the ask. When you're emailing or messaging someone, start with what you want from them. Never bury the headline. First line should always be, here's what I need from you. A decision, a name, a file, and then you add the context. This gets you faster responses, it respects people's time and it forces you to think about what you actually are looking for. Number two, be proactive about soliciting feedback from people who you trust and respect. If you work with someone for an extended period of time and they don't come to you with feedback. It's not necessarily because you knocked it out of the park, although that may be possible. It's more likely that you haven't asked specific enough questions to get that information out of them. This obviously depends on the feedback culture wherever you are, but I would encourage you to ask specific questions like what is one thing I could have done differently in that meeting, did my slide, Excel, document or video land effectively what's one thing you would change. Number three, learning how to project manage yourself is a true skill in consulting past the one year mark, you are basically expected to be stand alone and always have a perspective on what your next tasks should be. In the real world, there is not going to be a manager who spoon feeds you every single task that you have to do. So it's up to yourself to define all the key milestones and timelines. I can make a whole other video about this, but I think the key here is one, learning how to keep track of everything so nothing slips through the cracks and number two, learning how to prioritize between all the different tasks and work streams so you get things done, maximize your impact and you don't burn out. Number four, what's the story? At the end of the day, you are the sole author to the story and narrative of your life, your career, your project, your internship. Consulting often forces you to organize fragmented bits of information, data, sentiment, trends, what have you into a narrative that can actually be compelling to your audience, whether it's to convince your client of a certain recommendation or if it's to convince your next employer to hire you. Taking my content as an example, I could say I share career advice, I talk about personal finance and I make vlogs, but that would not be nearly as compelling as the story that I'm an ex- consultant, turned tech 95 girly, who loves to share career advice and personal finance, education as I learn them myself as well as share gospels into my creative lifestyle. That's all I have for you in this video. Let me know if it was helpful and follow for part three.