Genuine Curiosity

Advantages of Accounting – Dyslexia – Grief

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Advantages of Accounting

Talking about advantages of accounting with dyslexia, and how a parent's cancer testing can make you re-evaluate your priorities.

  • Handling the emotions involved with managing payroll for 500+ employees.
  • When accounting can get you a large tax exemption.
  • How death can give you an appreciation for life.
  • Honoring and growing from the loss of a chosen brother.
  • The doubts that enter your mind when an exam feels too easy.
  • Risks of transporting and installing grain bins.
  • Transitioning out of something you at excel at for something more fulfilling.
  • The complexities of union language.
    • Accounting Terms
    General Ledger
    • Keeps track of all transactions in an organization.
    • Organized with separate numbered accounts.
      • Cost Accounting
      • Encompasses all the expenses in each process of an organization.
        • Auditing
        • Reviewing all transaction within an organization for accuracy and compliance.
        • Usually done by a third party.
          • Shift Differential
          • Pay added when an employee is working at a challenging time.
          • Can be a percentage of wage or dollar value.
            • Mentioned in Episode
            • Edwards School of Business
            • Khan Academy
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