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A Day in the life of a Business Consultant | Former Fortune 500 Executive |
6:15 AM - Home Office
First LinkedIn check. Heart sinks. Feed flooded with:
- "I replaced my consultant with Claude"
- "How GPT-4 wrote my business strategy"
- "AI consulting tools under $50/month"
Thirty years of experience competing with a $20 ChatGPT subscription.
7:30 AM - Kitchen/iPhone
Morning damage control:
- Client email: "Can't we just use AI for this?"
- Prospect cancelled call: "Using AI tools instead"
- Discussion about reducing retainer ("AI doing most of the work")
- Article: "The End of Traditional Consulting"
- Another consultant posting about "AI-human hybrid solutions"
8:45 AM - Discovery Call
Prospect questions his rates: "But AI can do basic analysis now." Tries explaining the difference between AI outputs and seasoned expertise. Gets hit with: "But have you seen the new GPT-4 capabilities?"
10:15 AM - LinkedIn Feed
Blood pressure rising:
- 23-year-old "AI Consultant" with no experience going viral
- "I asked ChatGPT to be my business advisor"
- Corporations bragging about AI replacing consultants
- Former client showcasing AI strategy tools
- Everyone becoming an "AI-Powered Consultant"
11:30 AM - Client Strategy Session
Client interrupting with: "ChatGPT suggested..." Every recommendation challenged with "Let me check what AI says." Thirty years of experience vs free AI chat. Feeling more obsolete by the minute.
1:45 PM - Proposal Writing
Competing against:
- $20/month AI tools
- AI-enhanced cheaper consultants
- Automated strategy platforms
- "AI-first" consulting firms
- His own clients' AI tools
3:20 PM - Business Development
Reality check:
- Traditional consulting dying?
- AI eating bottom-tier work
- Price pressure intensifying
- Value proposition shifting
- Experience vs AI efficiency
4:45 PM - Client Call
They're "streamlining costs" by using AI for initial analysis. Want to reduce his hours but "keep him on standby." Translation: AI for daily work, human only for emergencies.
6:30 PM - Strategy Planning
Open tabs:
- "How to compete with AI consultants"
- "Will AI replace business consultants"
- "Integrating AI into consulting practice"
- "Future of consulting industry AI"
- "Best AI tools for consultants"
8:15 PM - Professional Development
Painful questions:
- Learn to use AI or fight it?
- Reduce rates to compete?
- Niche down to survive?
- Partner with AI companies?
- Complete career pivot?
9:45 PM - Email Check
Another client: "We're exploring AI solutions." Translation: They're replacing him. Third one this month. Used to lose clients to competitors. Now losing them to software.
11:30 PM - Final LinkedIn Scroll
Some AI tool just raised $50M to "democratize business consulting." Comments full of excitement. Nobody questioning the loss of human wisdom. Experience becoming a liability.
2:17 AM - Insomnia Thoughts
- How long until AI masters strategy?
- Should he pivot to "AI consulting"?
- Is fighting AI pointless?
- Where's the human advantage?
- Too late to change careers?
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