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The Stress Isn't a Sign You're Failing. But These 5 Things Are.

Junior consultants: learn to tell the difference between normal consulting pressure and actual performance warning signs — with a simple triage protocol you can use tonight.

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The Language Gap: How to Explain Consulting Exhaustion to People Who Have Never Worked 85-Hour Weeks

Struggling to explain consulting exhaustion to your partner or friends without sounding dramatic? Here's a practical communication framework — including a copy-paste analogy that actually makes people understand what 85-hour weeks do to your brain.

The New Consultant Survival Map: What the First 90 Days Are Actually Testing (It's Not What You Think)

Think you're being judged on slide quality? You're not. Here's what MBB firms actually evaluate in the first 90 days — and a concrete milestone tracker to see where you really stand.

The 85-Hour Week Is Not a Badge of Honor — It's a Medical Warning Sign

Averaging 85-hour weeks with a preexisting anxiety disorder? This is not a personal failure — it's a physiological event. Here's what chronic overwork actually does to your body, and a 10-question self-assessment to tell the difference between a rough patch and a real breaking point.

You're Not Bad at Consulting. You're Playing a Game Nobody Explained to You.

Feeling like an imposter in your first year of consulting? You're not bad at the job — you're missing the unwritten rules nobody explained. Here's the framework to decode them.