Mike Koziol

Feeling stuck? I help founders earn more while working less. | Helped 900+ Solo & Entrepreneurs Gain Freedom | 📈 6-Figure 86% Profit Margin Biz 💵 | Daily posts on how

Most consultants think scaling means hiring, managing, and grinding harder.
That’s why they burn out before they ever hit real freedom.

I help solo-consultants and agency owners scale to $100K/month with lean, high-margin businesses.
No big teams. No chaos. No 80-hour weeks.

We build clean systems, productized offers, and simple growth engines that let you earn more while working less.

If you’re doing $10–30K/month and want to scale to $100K without losing your sanity -> that’s my specialty.

👇 DM me “$100K” if you want to see how my clients do it.

MBA Faculty Lecturer -  Business Strategy, Business Ethics, CSR

MBA program faculty member  Department of Marketing, Strategy and Entrepreneurship.

Most consultants chase more leads, but that's a mistake.
 
Here's what they actually need instead of new leads:
 
Higher prices. Better packaging. Longer client relationships. Cleaner delivery.
 
I’ve worked with 900+ consultants at this point, and here's what I found:
 
95% were undercharging. Most were overdelivering. Almost all were chasing new clients instead of increasing LTV.
 
That’s the hamster wheel.
 
Project → hunt → project → hunt.
 
Real growth happens in a completely different place. It happens when you:
 
Raise prices. Standardize delivery. Increase lifetime value. Track your pipeline. Treat your business as a machine with cogs you can optimize.
 
I broke down 15 hard truths in scaling in the carousel below.
 
Which one hit you the hardest?

↳ I help consultants scale by simplifying offers, redesigning delivery, and attracting better clients

15 Hard Truths Scaling Consulting

I’ve been floating about on here for 10+ years. 
And I just crossed 13K followers, so it feels like a good moment to (re)introduce myself.

I’m Mike, a 44-year-old consultant helping other consultants build simpler, more scalable businesses, born in Poland - where winters are long, people are direct, and resilience is kind of built into the culture.

This is my story so far

2006: Built a career in corporate as a lawyer, fraud investigator, and consultant inside large organizations 
2016: Left Poland and moved to Canada with imperfect English and a lot to prove 
2017: Burned out hard and walked away from corporate life without a clear plan 
2017–2020: Built and scaled multiple agencies across different countries and learned that “bigger” doesn’t always mean “better” 
2021: Shifted into solo consulting and started helping experts productize their work and scale without building teams 
Today: Running programs, workshops, and advisory helping consultants simplify their offers, redesign delivery, and scale with fewer, better clients

And that's only half of it.

I'm also here to help consultants turn messy services into clear offers, scalable delivery models, and predictable client growth.

So if you need some help → shoot me a DM :)

Look forward to meeting everyone!

PS - What’s one belief about scaling consulting that you think is complete nonsense?

Great paycheck, crap personal life? There's a life where professional success and fulfillment DO MIX. Let's craft it together💥 | Life & business coaching | Rich & Happy Club UAE | Founder The French Bijouterie 💎

Most people think the hardest part of success is building it.
It’s not.

The hardest part is knowing what to do once you’ve already won.

I work with founders, executives, and high performers who are doing well —
but feel a growing gap between the life they’ve built and the life they want to live next.

They’re not lost.
They’re at a crossroads.

The problem isn’t motivation or discipline.
It’s decision-making — when every option looks good, but each one creates a different life.

Before founding Changing Minds, I became a CFO at 26.
On paper, it was a win.
In reality, I wasn’t enjoying it — and I didn’t have a clear way to decide what came next.

That’s why I built Three-Dimensional Wealth™ Mentoring.

A decision-making process built on three pillars:

Meaning — what gives direction, energy, and long-term satisfaction
Mastery — how you regulate yourself, think clearly, and lead under pressure
Money — how you build and protect real wealth

Using concrete frameworks, tools, and structured introspection I use with my clients one-on-one, the goal is simple:

- make decisions faster
- get clarity on your next move
- feel confident committing to it
- be mentally ready to execute
- build wealth without sacrificing the life it creates

That’s the work I do.

This isn’t coaching for balance.
It’s for people who want more — and want to choose wisely.


If this reflects where you are and the next decision matters,
book a first call and get complimentary access to the Mindset Factor Assessment so we can get clear from day one.

-> https://calendly.com/l-lachaux/introduction-call

Lucie Lachaux

5 reasons smart people get confused about their next level
 
1️⃣ They have too many good options.  
Nothing is broken, so choosing feels risky.
 
2️⃣ What got them here still works.  
It pays the bills, looks fine, and keeps life stable — just not satisfying anymore.
 
3️⃣ Every option feels expensive.  
Change the job → risk income.  
Start the business → risk comfort. 
 Slow down → risk image.
 
4️⃣ They keep waiting for things to “slow down.”  
But life rarely does at this stage.
 
5️⃣ They’re mentally tired.  
Even when they have time, they don’t have the energy to think clearly.
 
Feeling confused here doesn’t mean you’re failing.  
It means you’ve reached a decision point.
 
P.S. What decision keeps coming back to your mind?

“Great Paycheck, Crap Life?” | Helping high-performing leaders facing pivotal life & career decisions — without losing what they’ve built | Creator of 3D Wealth™

This week, I felt completely flat.
 
No motivation. No direction. Just bored of my own life.
 
Here are 3 ways I wouldn’t recommend handling it:
 
1 - Push through with more work  
You think productivity will fix it. It won’t. You’re not tired from lack of output. You’re tired from lack of meaning.

2 - Distract yourself with plans  
Booking trips, starting projects, saying yes to everything. 
This just adds noise. It doesn’t solve the internal friction.

3 - Wait for it to pass  
You tell yourself it’s temporary. But if this feeling keeps showing up, it’s not a mood. It’s a signal.
 
This is how I’d do it instead:
 
1. Ask what’s missing — not what’s wrong.
 
• Money: Is this actually a money or growth problem?  
• Meaning: Do I still care about what I’m building?  
• Mastery: Are my thoughts and emotions running me?
 
2. Protect the silence. Don’t fill the void with people or plans. Sit with it. The answer is already there.
   
3. Make one small decision that feels true.  Not big. Not bold. Just honest.
 
Remember:
 
Flatness isn’t failure. It’s your system telling you something needs to shift.
 
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2 harsh truths most successful people don’t like hearing:
 
1- Working harder won’t fix a life that’s slightly misaligned.
 
You can keep hitting targets.  
Keep getting promoted.  
Keep being “the reliable one.”
 
And still feel off.
 
Because effort isn’t the issue.  
Direction is.
 
2- Intelligence becomes a trap when you use it to justify staying the same.
 
You can explain why now isn’t the right time.  
Why it’s “strategic” to wait.  
Why this is just a phase.
 
And five years pass.
 
Not because you weren’t capable.  
Because you let your blind spots run the show.
 
At a certain level, growth isn’t about doing more.
It’s about resetting:
 
• how you evaluate decisions  
• what you tolerate  
• what you believe you deserve
 
That’s the real upgrade.
 
Not a new job.  
Not a new title.  
A new standard for how you operate.
 
If you feel the gap between what you built and what you actually want next — that gap doesn’t close with more effort.
 
It closes when you reset how you think and decide.

👉 Every month, I work privately with a small number of executives and founders on going back to the foundation ( how they think, decide, and define success ) so they get clear on their next move and move forward with confidence.
 
DM 𝟯𝗗 𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗛 if you’re ready to reset instead of repeat.

The most expensive mistake smart leaders make?
 
Staying too long in something that already works.
 
On paper, everything is fine.
 
Good money.  
Strong team.  
Solid reputation.
 
Nothing is broken.
 
But you keep thinking about the next move.
 
Not because you’re unhappy.  
Because you know you’re capable of more.
 
This is where leaders get stuck.
 
They don’t lack strategy.  
They lack a decision.
 
So they optimize what exists.  
Improve margins.  
Restructure teams.  
Add initiatives.
 
But they avoid the real question:
 
Is this still the right vehicle for where I’m going?
 
At a certain level, growth isn’t about doing more inside the same model. 
It’s about deciding whether the model itself needs to change.
 
And that’s uncomfortable.
Because the current version works.
But working isn’t the same as expanding.

P.S. Are you still building — or just maintaining what already works?

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