10 things I learned as a management consultant

In other words, how much time are you billing to clients and projects, and how much time you have in a week - divide one by the other and you get your utilization

Request for Proposal - a process to win projects with the government

It's true, PowerPoint is the document of choice for consultants

Some partners earn a percentage of the projects they sell, so if they don't sell enough in a year, they make less than what an analyst makes ($50k)

Under promise and over deliver

One of the most important things is being under budget. Second most important is being on time. If you're over budget and over time, you better wrap up the project fast.

You could be the most hated management consultant but if you deliver projects that clients want and sell work, you will never be fired (though wait until that stops).

Provide content in an uninspired fashion and you get the client to focus on the content. Take the same content, organize and format it in a fancy way and you've got a client that sees how great it is and worries less about the content.

If you're willing to travel to not so nice places too

Either you work as hard as you can or you work as hard as you can and fit other things (commitments) into your life after.