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Transitioning to Consulting: The Changing Value of Your Time

Time is like currency. You spend time completing tasks, eating meals, working out, and hanging out with friends. When you spend your time, it is not lost, but rather exchanged for something else. You may receive a salary, full belly, stronger muscles, or simply an enjoyable time. This basic transaction occurs every day of your […]

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Lifestyle and Experiences

Is Consulting Affecting Your Mental Health?

Ever heard of the saying “take care of your mental health before your mental health takes care of you?” This sums up the fast-paced, highly pressured environment of management consulting. There are a number of reasons why people decide to take up a career in consulting, including: Exposure to a variety of projects and industries […]

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Lifestyle and Experiences

Finding Confidence as a Management Consultant

As a management consultant at Accenture in South Africa, many students, graduates, and aspiring consultants ask me how they can maintain confidence throughout their consulting journey. Truth is, I am still trying to figure it out myself. As an extroverted individual with a bubbly and outgoing personality, I have always had the ability to bring […]