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======Sort Myself ...======
Monday, July 30, 2012. The consulting business has been constantly
growing over the past 50 years. Companies give advice to other companies.
A consultant is someone who looks at some business processes, he knows
the environment and the field, and he then gives advice how the enterprise
can be restructured. He has a suggestion how the goals can be met in a
better, a more efficient, a more successful way.
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**How can I get advice? ...**
Often I think, we need consulting also on the personal level. We would need
a consultant to help us through our choices in school, though the choices
after school, where we pick a place to study or to learn some business. We
also need advice when we continue, for our choices within our business. Who
is giving us good advice? Where are the independent consultants, who do not
have particular interests themselves?
We need advice for our business decisions, but also on other levels of our
life. We need advice for insurances. What insurances do we need, which company
and offer should we take? There are not many independent consultants in the
business, and those who claim to be independent mainly pick the product
for which they themselves get the most benefit when you choose it. But we
also need to rent an appartment or buy a house. How do we get advice here?
Where do we put our money? Do we save for some years or do we spend most of
it for current needs? Where is someone giving us good and independent advice?
There is the personal level. Sometimes we have trouble with family. We might
have some problems with our partner. We might be frustrated about some things,
perhaps our own behaviour, our own weaknesses. Where do we get advice? Where
do we get someone who can give us a friendly and independent opinion? Who
knows about possibilities and consequences?
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**Faith life ...**
Where do we get advice in our faith life? Perhaps we are interested in faith,
but do not know what to believe and how to believe. Where do we get some advice
which is not limited to a very particular view? What denomination or church
might be the right one for us? Who teaches the truth? Catholic or Lutheran,
Anglican or some free evangelical church? Charismatic or classical?
What is the role of faith in my life? How do I sort my thoughts and my feelings,
my mind and my heart? Usually, our basic idea about life also influences our
decisions and our business. What is my way in all of this? Some of us think about
going into full-time service or into mission. What is our way? How do we hear
what the Lord wants to tell us? How do we listen to his guidance?
Over the coming two weeks we will talk about all these questions. We will talk
about how guidance might come. We will explore various tools which we can use,
and also talk about mistakes we can make. It will be an exciting time of sorting
ourselves over the summer!
(Roland Potthast)
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