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Are you a Consultant?
I've just finished something I'm both proud of and nervous about.
After 36 years as a consultant—and a year in retirement extracting everything from my notes, worksheets, and battle scars—I've written Business OS: The Operational Backbone for Established Consultants.
It's not another "work harder" or "hustle smarter" book. It's the systematic infrastructure I wish someone had handed me when I was 3-10 years in, working at capacity, exhausted, and wondering why success felt so unsustainable.
The twelve frameworks in this book come from real consultants I've worked with. Their names are changed, but their struggles are real. Sarah's scattered business models. Marcus wasting 40% of capacity on unqualified prospects. Jennifer giving away expertise for free. Rachel reinventing delivery every single time.
I know these people because I've been these people.
Here's my challenge: I'm the "nice guy" consultant who's taken people from Zero to Hero, but I've also watched capable consultants drown because they lacked operational infrastructure. The biggest hurdle is always mindset—even for me. Especially for me.
I've written a summary of the book here:https://www.notion.so/BUSINESS-OS-Book-Summary-2e5d5622eac780079d24df2ed05fb8b7
Would you read it and tell me:
- Does this resonate with where you are (or where you've been)?
- Is this something you'd want to implement?
- What questions does it raise?
If the summary lands—if you see yourself or your colleagues in these patterns—I have a second ask:
Would you be willing to read the companion workbook before publication?
It's the implementation guide: eight framework worksheets with tracking tools, qualification scorecards, scope templates, pricing calculators, delivery maps, energy audits, and decision logs. The practical tools that turn concepts into systems.
I need a handful of consultants to:
- Use the frameworks on real situations
- Tell me what works, what doesn't, what's missing
- Help me refine this before it goes to print
No pressure. No obligation. Just honest feedback from people who actually do this work.
If you're interested, read the summary first. If it resonates, reply and I'll send the workbook.
Either way, thank you for considering it.
Gareth
P.S. — If you know someone who's 3-10 years into consulting, working hard but scattered, exhausted but capable... would you forward this to them? This book is for people like that. People like I was.
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