The Year is 2026...

Below is a picture of the future I’d like to help you create. It’s my vision of what a day in the life of an independent HR Consultant could be in the near-future. Some of you may feel you’re already pretty close to this, whereas some may feel infinitely far away. Either way, I want to make this a vision we all share - either by adding your ideas to it or embracing it as is. Let me know what you think.

The year is 2026 and Stephanie is an independent HR Consultant who’s been freelance for just over 4 years now. And though the early days of her business were a bit tricky here and there, the last year has seen a remarkable change.

These days she wakes up and completes her morning routine before getting the kids ready for school. Once they’ve left the house she sits down and switches on her computer to find 10 messages in her LinkedIn inbox, as well as 4 unread emails. All of these unread messages are clients asking questions, leads asking if they can work with her, or fellow service providers sharing opportunities for her consideration.

Before she starts replying to these messages she deals with her client work until lunch time. After a brief break, she meets one of her friends in the neighbourhood and goes for a walk in the local area to catch up on the gossip, talk business and just generally unwind from the morning’s busyness.

After that, she begins to deal with the enquiries she has - but by the time she’s returned to her computer another lead has floated into her inbox.

She decides to start work on deciding whether these leads are “right” for her and messages them to try and understand their problems and what they’ve tried as a solution before even considering meeting with them. She knows there’s no point investing time in video chats with prospective clients until she understands their situations better as it could just be a waste of time. And time isn't something she wastes these days.

Once she’s finished with these messages it’s time for her daily hour of marketing activities which she enjoys doing as she knows what she has to do and how to do it.

Each day has a specific theme and activity for the hour she’s allocated:

• LinkedIn posts to ensure her online positioning remains consistent.
• A weekly email for her email list to keep her leads warm and her clients engaged.
• Project work to create new products that can be sold to existing clients and create additional income.
• Recording some content which she also repurposes into a LinkedIn article.
• And finally, updating the data of her marketing and sales spreadsheet so she understands whether she has the “right” number of leads coming to her and the “right” number of sales being made.

She’s never worried about where her leads or clients are coming from anymore, because she has total control of the situation. If there is a “dip” in her data, she simply cranks her lead gen wheel and out spurts someone who needs her help. She loves that she knows exactly what to do if she needs to generate some leads or clients and acts on it without hesitation.

That being said, those days are a rarity, and more likely, she has to outsource work to colleagues for white-labelled efforts, and is considering taking on a part-time employee to add to the virtual assistant she already works with on the admin tasks she doesn’t want to deal with.

All in all, Stephanie knows life has never been better. She’s glad she made the move into freelance HR Consulting, and even more glad she now has the perfect work-life balance.

She’s got an abundance of excellent clients who respect her, value her, and for whom she always adds value to. She earns more than ever before, and she does this while working fewer hours. She’s relaxed, happy, confident and a joy to be around, and she’s got more time to hit the gym, have mid-week lunches with friends and spend quality time with her kids - whilst also being able to save for an early retirement.

Whatsmore, she’s repeatedly sought out for her expert opinion on all manner of topics from HR to leadership to productivity - and she decides whether to engage in these opportunities or not.

She hadn’t realised it until she reflected, but she loves her job, and her life. She knows exactly what she’s doing, all the time, and she’s having fun whilst doing it.

If you’ve read this story and want the same life for yourself then register your interest here and let’s see if you’re fit for what I do. Because this life is very possible. It ain't easy to get there, but it's very possible with a bit of hard work.

Please note, I can only work with 6 HR Consultants each quarter, so if you don't want to miss out then make sure you register your interest ASAP. There's no pushy sales calls, no twisting your arm around your back, and certainly no commitment. So you've nothing to lose by registering your interest today.

Speak soon.

Nick