| There are hundreds of varieties of Consultants these | | | | report on his hi-tech miniaturized printer in the car, then |
| days. We can find Consultants to take care of our | | | | turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly |
| diets, our physical well being, our mental well being, and | | | | 1623 sheep.""That is correct, take one of the sheep" |
| pretty much anything you can imagine when it comes | | | | said the shepherd. He then watches the young man |
| to business.The story below might just indicate that we | | | | select one of the animals and bundle it into his car. |
| take ourselves a little too seriously sometimes.A | | | | Then the shepherd says, " If I can tell you exactly what |
| shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture | | | | you do for a living, will you give me back my |
| when suddenly a brand new Beemer advanced out of | | | | beast?""O.K., why not?" answered the man."Clearly |
| the dust clouds towards him. The driver, a young man | | | | you're a consultant" sad the shepherd. "That's correct," |
| in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses, and a | | | | says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?""No |
| Zegna tie, leaned out his window and asked the | | | | guessing required," answered the shepherd. "You |
| shepherd, "If I can tell you exactly how many sheep | | | | turned up here, although nobody called you. You want |
| you have in your flock, will you give me one?"The | | | | to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a |
| shepherd looked at the man, then looked at his | | | | question I never asked, and you don't know a thing |
| peacefully grazing flock, and calmly answered, | | | | about my business. Now give me back my dog."The |
| "Sure."The yuppie parked his car, whipped out his IBM | | | | lesson seems to be to keep my Consulting assignment |
| ThinkPad, connected it to a cell phone, and surfed to a | | | | to the things I know about. I think I'm safe because |
| NASA page on the Internet. He called up a GPS | | | | sheep scare me.Dennis Schooley is the Founder of |
| satellite navigation system, scanned the area, and then | | | | Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants, a Professional |
| opened both a database, and an Excel spreadsheet | | | | Services Franchise Company. He writes for publication, |
| with complex macro formulas. He then sent an email | | | | as well as for and franchises.blogging.com, in the |
| on his Blackberry, and after a few minutes he | | | | subject areas of Franchising, and Technology for the |
| received a response. Finally, he prints out a 150-page | | | | Layman. |