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Methodology
A consultation is not the purchase of a ready-made answer
Professional consultation rarely begins with the answer. It begins with defining the problem correctly.
The question you bring is often only the visible part of a wider dependency. A request for a contract may conceal an unclear allocation of risk, while a tax question may turn out to be an ownership problem. The adviser's value lies not only in knowing the answer, but in understanding which question actually needs answering. A brief “Can it be done?” without context receives an answer that is formally correct and practically useless.
A good consultation begins with a properly defined task and ends with a decision whose consequences you truly understand. Sometimes the most useful outcome is a timely objection.
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