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As promised, here is another Dorset House masterpiece written by Gerald M. Weinberg and titled "More Secrets of Consulting: The Consultant's Tool Kit". No pompous comments, I'll just let my review speak and you'll understand. Watch out for more reviews of Dorset House's titles soon.

My 9-horseshoes review follows (also available at Javaranch.com):

Gerald M. Weinberg, also known as the consultant's consultant, is back with another groundbreaking survival guide for consultants. As "Secrets of Consulting"’s twin brother, "More Secrets of Consulting" contributes another load of tips, scenarios, tricks, stories, theorems and axioms to your consultant’s toolkit. You will precisely discover how to cope with situations in which you have to deal with burnout situations, negotiation issues, curiosity matters and many more.

The proposed tool kit contains valuable instruments named after descriptive metaphors, such as "the law of the strawberry jam", the "yes/no medallion", the "wishing wand", the "fish-eye lens" and the "oxygen mask" to cite a few. You will figure out how your "wisdom box" can help you decide what's right and wrong for you. You will be able to open interesting and unexplored areas using your "golden key". Your "courage stick" will help you decide whether you should take risks or not in given situations. Make sure you always have your "hourglass" handy or you might run the risk of wasting your precious time on uninteresting matters. You have a hard time managing your inner feelings in a balanced manner? Remember you have a "gyroscope" in your backpack.

If, like me, you swallowed "Secrets of Consulting" in no time, you can safely grab a copy of this book because you will certainly love it even more. This is one of those rare books where you can actually feel the experience of the author transpire from a simple trail of ink.

 
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