275. How to Handle "Can I Pick Your Brain?" as an Independent Consultant
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The episode discusses how independent consultants can handle requests to share their expertise without compensation.
You get asked some version of “can I pick your brain?” all the time. Sometimes it’s direct. Sometimes it’s a networking meeting that becomes a free consulting advisory session. Sometimes it’s a discovery call that was never really a discovery call. Sometimes it’s a "quick question" text from a past client. Sometimes it’s a former colleague who wants to become an independent consultant. And you say yes. Because you want to be helpful. Because it feels rude not to. Because you...
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