How can you take your skills and expertise and package it to become a successful consultant? There are proven time-tested principles, strategies, tactics, and best practices the most successful consultants use to start, run, and grow their consulting business. Consulting Success teaches you what they are.

This is not just another one of those audiobooks about 'rules'; this audiobook may be the defining factor that will turn your dream into reality. Many have succeeded at being an entrepreneur, but many, many more have failed. Which side would you rather be on? Sure, entrepreneurship is often about breaking the rules. But there are also a number of them that you should follow if you want to survive long enough to see what happens when you do. A business should be more than just a venture - it should be an adventure! 

Serial entrepreneur, business growth expert, and brand ambassador Scott Duffy weaves together stories from his own journey and those of superstar entrepreneurs along with sage advice to help listeners identify their own "aha!" moments and turn them into unique growth opportunities to help them break through and level up their entrepreneurship game. 

Faced with uncontrollable circumstances, from a change in market demand to a global pandemic, being self-employed can sometimes feel less like you're running the show, and more like the show is running you. But it doesn't need to be that way. Small business consultant, entrepreneur coach, and acclaimed portrait photographer Jeffrey Shaw - TEDx speaker and host of the popular The Self-Employed Life podcast - offers the essential manual on everything you need to be successful as a self-employed business owner.

When Fortune 100 corporations are stymied, it's the "McKinsey-ites" whom they call for help. Former McKinsey associate Ethan Rasiel lifts the veil to show you how the secretive McKinsey works its magic, and helps you emulate the firm's well-honed practices in problem solving, communication, and management. Both a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most admired and secretive companies in the business world and a toolkit of problem-solving techniques without peer, The McKinsey Way empowers every business decision maker to become a better strategic player in any organization.

Today when the competition, technology, and the economy are evolving faster than ever before, organizations and the people like us who work in them need a proven approach to help us adapt - and succeed. The key, according to Paul B. Brown, is to think like an entrepreneur, no matter what your position or industry. What works for the most successful entrepreneurs will work for us, Brown argues, whether we want to stay employed working for someone else or are thinking of going off on our own.

You take the first (and crucial!) step toward becoming a successful entrepreneur by actually doing something about it. Let's go on the journey together and find out how to start your business. 

As an aspiring entrepreneur, you have fallen into a trap that many others like you fall into—the trap of over-analysis paralysis. And even though your high level of planning is crucial for startup success, it has made taking action overwhelming. While there may be many things keeping you stuck in the planning stage, a significant barrier that could stand in your way is fear. Fear of what? The fear of failure, experiencing financial difficulties or having to rebuild your professional network.

How and why do some entrepreneurs succeed where others fail? The answer is actually very simple. Everything you have in your life is a result of the choices you and you alone have made on a daily basis...and just prior to making that choice, you had a thought. This book is all about your thinking processes. It will show you a tried and tested formula that you can apply to succeed as an entrepreneur - as well as the thinking (and actions) required to implement it!

Working harder is failing you. Entrepreneurs are working harder than ever, with almost half working 50 hours a week or more, swapping quality time with our families for long hours in our offices. The problem is, it isn't working. Despite the sacrifices, less than a third of businesses started today will survive long enough to see their 10th birthday. In The Hard Work Myth, you'll discover why working harder is a waste of time and learn the simple but high impact techniques used by some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs to achieve more, without working harder.

From the best-selling expert on personal and professional success, Make More Money reveals Brian Tracy's deep understanding of the self-made millionaires of our world and how to become one. In this audiobook, he shares his knowhow so you too can learn how to achieve more than you ever dreamed possible. Make More Money uses examples and provides hints and habits for listeners who want to succeed.

Since the 2014 release of the global sensation 6 Months to 6 Figures, Peter Voogd’s strategies have been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, Business Insider, and more. Now, in 7 Rules to 7 Figures, Peter lays out the keys to a truly world-class life, one in which you can have your cake and eat it, too—wealth, family, and the freedom to enjoy it all without sacrificing your personal values.

Problem: Most Americans don't realize the potential gold mine in blue-collar business. By blue-collar business I mean a business providing a specialized service requiring a trained employee and manual labor. In my case it is chimney sweeping, but it can range from construction to gardening to plumbing and junk removal. There are literally thousands and thousands of opportunities, but many people don't consider blue-collar work as an option and are missing out as a result.

So how does he do it? Does Elon Musk have some kind of superpower? Does he know something you don't? Is it possible for someone like you to make the kind of waves in history that this South African-born entrepreneur did? Actually, yes. There is no special potion to conjure, no magic spell to recite, no rare crystal one must attain to follow in Musk's footsteps. All it really takes is determination, dedication to a goal, and recognizing and accepting personal limitations.

Fred Schebesta is a futurist and serial entrepreneur with an obsession for start-ups and developing businesses. He is the founder of global fintech Finder, which helps millions of people around the world save money and make money. For the first time, Fred shares the stories, mistakes, and insights from his incredible business journey to inspire you to kick-start your business idea and reach unimaginable success. He describes the highs and lows of starting a business, and reveals his 10 guiding principles to build a "phoenix" company that leaves behind a legacy.