The Physician's Guide to Financial Freedom: Getting Started As A Consultant: How to Launch and Brand Your Unique Skill Sets to Position, Leverage, and Capitalize on Niche Consulting Opportunities
In the third book of Dr. Loo’s “Physician’s Guide to Financial Freedom” series, he examines how to start, launch, and capitalize on a successful consulting career so you have the opportunity to make more income doing work you love. Consulting is work that offers you more time, freedom, and flexibility, work that can be done from anywhere, anytime, and with whomever you choose.<br> <br>“Getting Started as a Consultant” looks at: <br> -The advantages and disadvantages of a consulting career <br> -How to start, build, and run a profitable consulting business <br> -The top five skill sets needed to become a successful consultant <br> -How to transition into a consulting career <br> -How to identify your target niches <br> -How to create your unique brand, how to protect and enhance it, and how to position and leverage your brand in today’s marketplace <br> -How to market, promote, and advertise for pennies on the dollar, even for free <br> -How to build and maintain clientele <br> -How to deal with “haters” <br> -The nuts and bolts: running the business aspects of your consulting business <br> -The unique challenges of a consulting business <br> <br>Dr. Loo describes how, with a consulting career, you can work for yourself instead of working for others, be more creative, and create potent and long-lasting fulfillment in your career. He also tells you how to spot, create, and capitalize on emerging consulting opportunities, negotiate top-rate fees, and “future-proof” your consulting business against disruptive market forces and economic changes. He looks at how to use and profit from potential emerging technologies, as well as how to collaborate with competitors, so you can thrive in any business environment and never become obsolete. <br><br>Whether you’re interested in an alternative career, career transition, creating your own unique consulting brand niche, starting your own business, earning additional streams of income, getting out of the tiring corporate rat race, working for yourself, or becoming financially independent, this book is for you. It addresses all of your questions and concerns on how to start, build, run, and grow your own rewarding and lucrative consulting business. <br><br>About the Author: <br>DR. CHRISTOPHER LOO is a retired surgeon, serial entrepreneur, investor, consultant, executive coach, best-selling author, and advisor. He received his MD-PhD from the Baylor College of Medicine-Rice University Department of Bioengineering. <br>Dr. Loo has extensive consulting experience working with hospitals, technology startups, high net-worth clients, and executives over the past twelve years. Through his passion and experience in building companies and teams, he has positioned himself and leveraged that experience into building a successful business brand and career, authoring three books, and speaking extensively about business, financial freedom, and entrepreneurship to audiences worldwide.<br><br>Also By the Author<br>“How I Quit My Lucrative Medical Career and Achieved Financial Freedom (You Can Too!): A Medical Doctor’s 22-Year Journey from Orthopedic Surgeon to Real Estate Mogul” (2018) <br>“The Physician’s Guide to Financial Freedom Using Stocks and Options: How I Became Financially Free Using a Simple 3-Step Stock-Investing Process” (2019)<br>