<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Unwritten Rules of Consulting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Practical advice for consultants who want to earn trust, stand out, and grow faster.]]></description><link>https://unwrittenconsulting.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JqzO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1554540d-5adf-4d11-b56e-2f71128a743c_1254x1254.png</url><title>Unwritten Rules of Consulting</title><link>https://unwrittenconsulting.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 13:41:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/__u/unwrittenconsulting.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Dani A.]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[unwrittenconsulting@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[unwrittenconsulting@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Daniel A.]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Daniel A.]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[unwrittenconsulting@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[unwrittenconsulting@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Daniel A.]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Unwritten is now open — you're first]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi You joined the waiting list for Unwritten Rules of Consulting.]]></description><link>https://unwrittenconsulting.substack.com/p/unwritten-is-now-open-youre-first</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://unwrittenconsulting.substack.com/p/unwritten-is-now-open-youre-first</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:12:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JqzO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1554540d-5adf-4d11-b56e-2f71128a743c_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>Hi</span></p><p><span>You joined the waiting list for Unwritten Rules of Consulting.</span></p><p><span>So you&#8217;re one of the first people I&#8217;m inviting inside.</span></p><p><strong><span>Unwritten is now open.</span></strong></p><p><span>And because you&#8217;re on the waiting list, you can join for </span><strong><span>$59/month instead of the future full price of $110/month.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>This waiting list price is available until Sunday, September 6.</span></strong></p><p><span>But first, let me explain exactly what I&#8217;ve built.</span></p><p><span>Unwritten Rules of Consulting is a mentorship program for professionals in consulting and professional services who want to prepare for senior, management and leadership positions.</span></p><p><span>Because progressing in consulting requires much more than being good at your job.</span></p><p><span>There are skills, behaviors and rules that consulting firms rarely teach explicitly &#8212; but that can have a huge impact on your career.</span></p><p><span>That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to work on.</span></p><p><strong><span>The system is simple:</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>1. Identify what&#8217;s holding you back.</span></strong></p><p><span>You&#8217;ll start with </span><strong><span>Top Reasons Consultants Get Stuck</span></strong><span>, where you&#8217;ll identify the organizational and personal factors that may be slowing down your career &#8212; from visibility and leadership to career strategy, business skills and professional development.</span></p><p><strong><span>2. Learn the unwritten skills.</span></strong></p><p><span>You&#8217;ll discover the skills consultants need to progress but nobody formally teaches.</span></p><p><strong><span>3. Train them.</span></strong></p><p><span>Every week, I&#8217;ll publish practical lessons designed to develop those skills, using real situations and frameworks based on 13+ years of consulting experience.</span></p><p><strong><span>Identify what&#8217;s holding you back &#8594; Learn the unwritten skills &#8594; Train them.</span></strong></p><p><span>That&#8217;s Unwritten.</span></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h4><strong><span>Your waiting list offer</span></strong></h4><p><span>The future full price of Unwritten will be:</span></p><p><strong><span>$110/month</span></strong></p><p><span>Because you joined the waiting list, you can join now for:</span></p><p><strong><span>$59/month</span></strong></p><p><span>And you&#8217;ll keep the $59/month price for as long as you remain a member.</span></p><p><strong><span>The waiting list offer ends Sunday, September 6.</span></strong></p><p><span>&#128293;</span><a href="https://www.skool.com/unwritten-rules-of-consulting-9286/about?ref=47a748de286440018e90b5c3f080bfc6"><span>[LINK TO JOIN UNWRITTEN FOR $59/MONTH</span></a></p><p><span>Understand the rules nobody explains.</span></p><p><span>Build your next promotion.</span></p><p><span>Daniel</span></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two consultants started at the same company..]]></title><description><![CDATA[Same position, same age, the same university degree behind them.]]></description><link>https://unwrittenconsulting.substack.com/p/two-consultants-started-at-the-same</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://unwrittenconsulting.substack.com/p/two-consultants-started-at-the-same</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel A.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:46:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JqzO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1554540d-5adf-4d11-b56e-2f71128a743c_1254x1254.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">Same position, same age, the same university degree behind them.<br><br>Both were good at their technical work and worked hard.<br><br>Their goal was the same. Get promoted quickly, gain influence within the company, and not live with the constant fear of a &#8220;restructuring.&#8221;</p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><br><strong>Three years later, they met again at an industry event.</strong></h3><p style="text-align: center;">They still had a lot in common. But there was one difference.<br><br>One of them had been promoted twice. He had the trust of the partners, was assigned to the most important projects, and when layoffs came, his name was never even considered.<br><br>The other was still in the same position as on his first day. Every annual review came with a new excuse. Every major project was given to someone else. And when the layoff rumors started, he knew he was on the list.</p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>The difference</strong></h3><p style="text-align: center;">What is the difference between these two consultants?<br><br>Why, with the same education, the same effort, and the same years at the company, is one doing so well while the other is simply surviving?<br><br>It&#8217;s not that one is smarter than the other.<br><br>Nor is it about &#8220;being in the right place at the right time.&#8221;</p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>The real difference is that one knew there were &#8220;unwritten rules&#8221; and the other didn&#8217;t.</strong></h3><p style="text-align: center;">Those tricks you gain after spending many years at a company, but nobody tells you about.</p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><br><strong>It will shape your career</strong></h3><p style="text-align: center;">In consulting, doing your job well is the minimum. It&#8217;s not what makes you stand out. What truly determines who gets promoted and who stays stuck is:<br><br>How you position yourself in front of the partners.<br><br>How you manage your image within the company.<br><br>How you make people see you as someone difficult to replace, rather than just another consultant.<br><br>And this doesn&#8217;t only determine your financial progression, it also determines your quality of life.<br><br>Choosing your projects. Not getting calls on a Sunday night. Not living with the feeling that your position hangs by a thread every time there is a change in leadership.<br><br><strong><span>That is freedom too.</span></strong></p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><br><strong>The problem</strong></h3><p style="text-align: center;">Nobody teaches you these rules. And by design, almost nobody is going to tell you about them.<br><br>The people who know them learned them through mistakes, years of observing who gets promoted and who gets left behind, and by being in the room when decisions are made that never appear in any report.<br><br>That means that, without this information, it will take you years to learn it on your own. Or you may never learn it at all, and keep wondering why others with less technical merit move ahead faster than you.<br><br>That&#8217;s why <strong>Unwritten Rules of Consulting</strong> exists.</p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>What it consists of: we will eliminate all of the reasons why consultants get stuck</strong></h3><p style="text-align: center;">I&#8217;ve spent 13 years in consulting.<br><br>I&#8217;ve seen how promotion decisions are made from the inside.<br><br>I&#8217;ve been part of conversations that never reach employees.<br><br>I&#8217;ve made the mistakes that hold you back without anyone warning you.<br><br>I&#8217;ve also learned&#8212;through time and setbacks&#8212;what really makes some people move up while others stay where they are.<br><br><br><strong>The Objective: we will eliminate all of the reasons why consultants get stuck.</strong><br><br>What are those reasons? We&#8217;ll discover them in the course. But if you think it&#8217;s because you don&#8217;t suck up to your boss, work more hours than anyone else in the office, or because of favoritism, you&#8217;re way off.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>Every week, you&#8217;ll receive one lesson based on a real situation, explained in a way you can apply to become a better professional and eliminate the reasons, one by one.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>It Includes:</strong><br>1 weekly Audio lesson.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Complementary material.</p><p style="text-align: center;">But you will not be able to access lessons from previous weeks. The earlier you sing up, the more lessons you can see.</p><h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>This is for you if:</strong></h3><p style="text-align: center;">You&#8217;ve been in the same position for years.<br>You want to become a Manager or Senior Manager.<br>You want to earn more without depending solely on changing companies.<br>You want to understand how a consulting career really works.<br>You feel like you work hard but make little progress.<br></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Who am I:</strong></h2><h3>Daniel A.</h3><p><span>(Daniel &#193;lvarez Garc&#237;a)<br>+13 years in consulting, where I serve as a Senior Manager</span></p><p><span>And since 2025: +22k followers on LinkedIn. | +10k newsletter subscribers. | +countless job opportunities, collaborations, alternative income streams, ...</span></p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Frequently Asked Questions</strong></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><br>&#8220;<strong>Is this useful if I&#8217;m just starting out, or only if I&#8217;ve already spent years in consulting?&#8221;</strong><br>It&#8217;s useful for both. I&#8217;ll help you avoid problems so your career doesn&#8217;t get put at risk, and I&#8217;ll show you why you&#8217;ve already made the mistakes you have.</p><p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<strong>Don&#8217;t you think it&#8217;s more important to be good at technical skills?&#8221;</strong><br>No.</p><p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<strong>Can I cancel whenever I want?&#8221;</strong><br>Yes.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span>&#8220;Is the platform secure?&#8221;</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span>Yes, the program is hosted on </span><a href="http://skool.com/"><span>Skool.com</span></a><span>, one of the best learning platforms available, used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Content, payments, security, membership cancellation, course access, and more are all fully covered.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<strong>Will I be able to ask specific questions about my own situation?&#8221;</strong><br>Yes. Once a month, I&#8217;ll do a Q&amp;A session where I&#8217;ll answer as many as possible.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br>&#8220;<strong>It&#8217;s too expensive&#8221;</strong><br>A promotion to the next level, according to the reports we publish&#8212;and therefore I can prove it&#8212;represents a 25&#8211;30% salary increase.<br>If you stay in the mentorship for one year and achieve a promotion that increases your salary by more than $20,000 per year, we&#8217;re talking about it costing you only 5% of what you&#8217;ve gained.<br>It&#8217;s worth it. It&#8217;s an investment.</p><p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<strong>I don&#8217;t have time&#8221;</strong><br>Precisely those who don&#8217;t have time often end up doing only delivery work. A 30-minute audio per week is a minimal investment. The complete material takes one or two hours per week to go through. If, out of the 168 hours in a week, you can&#8217;t find two for your own growth (1% of your time), then your problem is something else. I can&#8217;t help you.</p><p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<strong>I already have experience&#8221;</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">The problem isn&#8217;t technical knowledge. The reasons people get stuck are visibility, leadership, business, and networking.</p><p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<strong>There are free courses on the internet&#8221;</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">If those free online courses were good, no one would be professionally stuck and everyone would have promising careers. That&#8217;s not the case. There&#8217;s a lot of technical content, but very few explain how a career in consulting actually works.</p><p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<strong>My company doesn&#8217;t promote people, there&#8217;s nothing I can do&#8221;</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">You can remove all the barriers holding back your promotion so that, in the next evaluation cycle, you&#8217;ll be a candidate. And if your company still doesn&#8217;t promote you, you&#8217;ll have a strong profile and be able to move to another one that will.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure if this will work for me&#8221;</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">The same problems come up in almost every consulting firm. The names change, not the dynamics.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>&#8220;I already have a manager who guides me&#8221;</strong></p><p style="text-align: center;">A manager knows your project. An external mentor brings a broader perspective and one without conflicts of interest.</p><p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;<strong>I&#8217;ll do it later&#8221;</strong><br>The longer you stay in the same pattern, the harder it is to break out of it.</p><h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Price</strong></h2><p><strong>Price: $110/month</strong></p><p>Use this button to join:</p><p><a href="https://www.skool.com/unwritten-rules-of-consulting-9286/about">Join Unwritten Rules of Consulting</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>