On Jan 16, 2008 1:27 PM, Neil Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bob La Quey wrote: > > > > Unreasonable expectations are a common cause of failure. > > Of personal relationships, business relationship, of pretty well any kind of > relationship. Then a good consultant should spend his time reducing > expectations? >
If, as they often are, those expectations are unreasonable. Doctors, for instance, almost always emphasize the worst of possible outcomes so they look good when anything better happens. The puzzle for a consultant is how to sell one's services but not hype the outcome. This is often very difficult to do. BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
