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If you are a coach or a consultant, you need to have a set of guidelines into which clients you are willing to take. Far too many coaches and consultants will take any client that pays them the money, some of them even have the tenacity to ask for the money up front before even knowing who the client is, or what their project is.

This is rather problematic because the coach or consultant could actually be helping someone who is intent on breaking the law, and needs information so they can better do so. Before you even get into price you should have a set of rules that your clients know.

Perhaps, a set of ethical standards, so your customers know where you stand, and which lines you will not cross. The other day someone asked me what my requirements were, before I would take on someone in a mentorship situation, or for a consulting fee. Below are my requirements.

My requirements for consulting are;

• Client must be ethical
• Client must be dedicated to the cause
• Client must have intellectually interesting concept
• Client must be willing to challenge their preconceived notions

Interestingly enough, you’d be surprised how many people this might scare away. This is because people will normally not dump their preconceived notions, and they are not dedicated to their own cause, they’d rather hire a consultant to help them do all the work. But in reality they don’t need a consultant they need to hire a service and there is a big difference.

Further, if you are a consultant, I would advise you to not take boring work, life is too short, and it will make your job no fun. If you’re looking for something to do, which is not fun go get a job. Please consider all this.