Blog: William McKnight

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Top 10 ways a consulting, traveling, speaking, writing consultant can get hurt... literally

1. At the airport with last words “mind the cart”
2. Ducking from a client at Ozzfest, I end up in the mosh pit
3. Parking near Britney Spears (this could be anyone)
4. Having heart broken by client who promised the contract process would be painless
5. Inadvertently uttering the word “federated” during Teradata Partners presentation
6. During slow time, take a gig at Luigi’s Laundry and start asking why my first SQL query shows millions in revenues
7. Caught in internal cross-fire during Inmon vs. Kimball debate
8. Exploding in client meeting from holding off bathroom run
9. In trying to follow the advice of other consultants, I end up running in circles until dangerously dizzy
10. Under a hail of expo hall give-aways tossed during a presentation

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