Category Food For Thought

A monthly article to inspire your practice and keep you engaged with a community of likeminded practitioners.

Absolute BEST investment anyone can make

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Absolute BEST investment anyone can make As an accountant, people thinking about their eventual retirement often ask me for my thoughts on the best place to invest. Whether they should invest in stocks, bonds, real estate, active business, or whatever. People…

How to Be Successful in Business

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How to Be Successful in Business Over the years, I’ve been asked on many occasions to speak at schools, universities, and colleges on my experience as an accountant and, more specifically, as a self-employed practitioner. At those presentations, I share…

What is Job Satisfaction?

job satisfaction

What is Job Satisfaction? When employees resign, they often cite that they’ve been offered more money as a reason for them leaving. The question I keep asking myself is to what extent is that truly the motivating factor? It may…

Fear and Anxiety

Fear and Anxiety I was recently listening to a podcast from “the Professional Noticer” by Andy Andrews in which he talks about conquering fear. It really resonated with me as I feel my success was due to my ability to overcome fear. The years…

Directors of First Impressions

Directors of First Impressions

Directors of First Impressions My car needed the rear bumper replaced due to a collision it had been involved in, so I phoned the dealer where I bought my car and they referred me to a collision repair shop.   When…