🧠Consulting Entry
The first step on the Consulting path in The Path Series
Consulting isn’t just a job— it’s a way of being with someone else’s problem.
Not as a bystander. Not as a judge. Not as a savior.
But as someone who helps find what’s missing. Who helps make what’s blurry, clearer.
And no, it’s not always easy. But often, it’s simpler than we imagine.
✍🏻 So What Is Consulting, Really?
For many people, consulting means: “Someone shows up and tells us what to do.”
But in reality, most of the time— consulting means helping someone figure out what the real question is, not just what to do next.
It’s about making the real problem visible. Not just handing out quick fixes.
🧩 Is a Consultant Someone Who Knows the Answers— or Someone Who Understands the Problem?
Does a consultant have to have walked the exact same path before? Do they need hands-on experience in every industry? Are only external consultants good? Or only those who’ve “been through it”?
These are the kinds of questions that will fill your mind when you step onto this path.
And the Entry stage is here to help you start that conversation—with yourself.
🎯 What Doesn’t This Stage Do?
- It doesn’t teach you a consulting model
- It doesn’t talk about contracts or fees
- It doesn’t define “good” vs. “bad” consultants
This stage just opens a window— so you can take a look from the outside at this profession, this role, this space.
đź“Ť Ask Yourself
- Have I ever acted as a consultant for someone—even without the title?
- When someone shares a problem, do I rush for a solution, or try to help them see the issue more clearly?
- Do I think consulting is only about giving advice, or does it also include silence… and questions?
- Can I stand beside someone else’s problem— without judging or jumping in to solve it immediately?
🧰 Why Is This Stage Even Important?
Because if you step into the world of consulting without reflection, you might just become a fast advice-giver— not a real consultant.
And if you admire it only from afar, you may never start— thinking you have to be “fully ready” before you begin.
But consulting is a learning path. Not just the passing on of knowledge.
In the End…
Entry to consulting means letting yourself look at this path one more time— without clichés or hype— and asking honestly: “Is this for me?”
Not based on its image. Not based on the title. But based on what actually happens inside it:
Being with others’ problems—with responsibility and thought.
And here, one question is enough:
“Do I really want to think _with people about their problems— not just solve them for them?”_
If that question lands somewhere inside you, you’ve already entered.
Mehdi Khatiri Summer 2025