IDA Episode 44, Sam dives into what may be blocking you from getting what you want and going where you want to go as a person and as a professional. This episode follows on from Episode 41 about the false beliefs we have, Episode 42 about our relationship with time, and Episode 43 about our relationship with change, so if you haven't listened to the previous episodes go and do that first.

Sam explores the internal external blocks that may be keeping you from going where you want to go, including the fixation we have with external factors that prevent us from dealing with the internal blocks that we actually can control.

Sam also covers the problem with wearing busy and fatigue as a badge of pride, as well as the small shifts you can make and how to create a little bit of space in your schedule to do this work.

Finally, Sam explains that we as accountants already have these skills because we use these frameworks with our clients professionally. Therefore we can apply them to our own personal work and remember that it is incremental shifts over time that truly bring sustainable change.

Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [email protected]

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This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.

IDA Episode 43, Sam dives into our relationship with change, individually and collectively as an industry. This episode follows on from Episode 41 about the false beliefs we have and Episode 42 about our relationship with time, so if you haven't listened to the previous episodes go and do that first.

Sam explains why we need to be future focused as Accountants and as an Industry, as well as the biggest block for us around doing so: getting clarity over what we actually want.

Sam explores through the steps in the process of uncovering what your future vision is, how to set timeframes so that you get past the immediate constraints and allow space for your future vision. Plus, Sam covers the power of knowing who you want to be working with, where you want that workplace to be and what you actually want to be doing.

Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [email protected]

We are offering 20 minute reach out calls to help support you during this time. Go to blueprinthq.com.au

This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.

IDA Episode 42, Sam dives into our relationship with time, individually and collectively as an industry. This episode follows on from Episode 41 about the false beliefs we have, so if you haven't listened to the previous episode go and do that first.

Sam covers why time is our most precious resource as accountants and business owners, and what's right with our attitude towards time in our industry. Plus, why you don't need to throw away your timesheet but rather tweak how you're using it.

Sam explores the 'hours for dollars' mindset and how it's holding us back, as well as the different types of time that we should be tracking and valuing over and above the chargeable client hours. She explains a practical exercise you can do to better value the next hours you spend on CPD, plus how you can use your timesheet proactively and leverage the great data that it provides.

Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [email protected]

We are offering 20 minute reach out calls to help support you during this time. Go to blueprinthq.com.au

This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.

IDA Episode 41 Sam breaks down some of the false facts and false beliefs in our industry, in our work and in our day to day lives that are blocking us from making the changes we need to make.

This is such an important time to start thinking about and overcoming these blocks because our world is changing. We know that our new normal is going to involve lots of change and disruption going forwards, but before we can change we need to look at our fundamental beliefs.

Sam covers the problem with Profit and Loss statements, why we believe change is a waste of time because the time it takes is not chargeable, the truth behind the definition we have of our business as a relationship or trust-based business, the biggest lie we tell ourselves-the harder and longer we work the more successful we are-and the power in changing our 'do it all myself' mentality.

Plus, she shares some real examples from her experiences in life and business, and from the clients she works with at BlueprintHQ of how these beliefs show up and how helpful it can be in changing them going forwards.

Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [email protected]

We are offering 20 minute reach out calls to help support you during this time. Go to blueprinthq.com.au

This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.

IDA Episode 40, Sam has a brilliant conversation with Amy Holdsworth, the CEO and Founder of Clarity Street. Amy and Sam discuss her background and why she started Clarity Street, how we can supercharge our processes as an industry as well as the beliefs that have served our industry well in the past that now need to change going forward.

Connect with Amy at https://www.claritystreet.com.au

Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [email protected]

We are offering 20 minute reach out calls to help support you during this time. Go to blueprinthq.com.au

This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.

IDA Episode 39, Sam discusses how we measure success in the Accounting Industry and the three main blocks that are keeping us stuck, individually and collectively.

This is really the follow up to Sam's interview with Robyn Jacobson from The Tax Institute that was on the podcast in Episodes 37 and 38, so if you haven't listened to those episodes yet, go back and do so because it's a brilliant conversation and so timely for our industry right now.

In this episode, Sam covers the problem with measuring only productivity and efficiency, as well as why we should be focusing on growing existing clients rather than always getting new clients.

Sam discusses some of the challenges in how we measure career success as an industry, and some of the fundamental blocks in our business model that are preventing us from moving to being the central advisor to clients.

Plus, Sam shares some of the small steps you can make to create the business model shifts that are needed while still working within the system that we have.

Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [email protected]

We are offering 20 minute reach out calls to help support you during this time. Go to blueprinthq.com.au

This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.

In Episode 38, you will hear Part 2 of Sam's brilliant conversation with Robyn Jacobson, the Senior Advocate of The Tax Institute. She is well known in tax training circles, having been a professional tax trainer for 23 years and a regular conference and webinar presenter. With nearly three decades in the profession, Robyn's public practice background preceded her training roles with Webb Martin, her own business, Cyntax, and TaxBanter.

Robyn is a Chartered Tax Adviser of The Tax Institute, a Fellow of both CA ANZ and CPA Australia, and a Registered Tax Agent. Based in Melbourne, she is involved in a number of Tax Institute committees and is the immediate past Chair of CPA Australia's Victorian Public Practice Committee. Robyn regularly consults with The Treasury, the ATO and the professional bodies on technical issues including as a member of the ATO's Tax Practitioner Stewardship Group.

Robyn is an avid advocate, social media commentator, columnist, blogger and podcaster and is regularly quoted in the media. Robyn was recognised in the Women In Finance Awards 2019 as the Winner of Thought Leader of the Year and was named in the global Top 50 Women in Accounting 2019. She was recently recognised in the Australian Accounting Awards 2020 as the Winner of both Thought Leader of the Year and the Accountants Daily Excellence Award.

In case you missed the first half of this conversation, go back and listen to Episode 37. This episode picks up where that one left off: Sam and Robyn continue their discussion of the key skills for accountants of the future, including in the areas of mental health, communication and social media.

Plus Robyn gives us her top three predictions for the major challenges facing our industry and the opportunities that are inherent in those challenges, if we are prepared.

Connect with Robyn via The Tax Institute

Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [email protected]

We are offering 20 minute reach out calls to help support you during this time. Go to blueprinthq.com.au

This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.

IDA Episode 37, you will hear Part 1 of Sam's brilliant conversation with Robyn Jacobson, the Senior Advocate of The Tax Institute. She is well known in tax training circles, having been a professional tax trainer for 23 years and a regular conference and webinar presenter. With nearly three decades in the profession, Robyn's public practice background preceded her training roles with Webb Martin, her own business, Cyntax, and TaxBanter.

Robyn is a Chartered Tax Adviser of The Tax Institute, a Fellow of both CA ANZ and CPA Australia, and a Registered Tax Agent. Based in Melbourne, she is involved in a number of Tax Institute committees and is the immediate past Chair of CPA Australia's Victorian Public Practice Committee. Robyn regularly consults with The Treasury, the ATO and the professional bodies on technical issues including as a member of the ATO's Tax Practitioner Stewardship Group.

Robyn is an avid advocate, social media commentator, columnist, blogger and podcaster and is regularly quoted in the media. Robyn was recognised in the Women In Finance Awards 2019 as the Winner of Thought Leader of the Year and was named in the global Top 50 Women in Accounting 2019. She was recently recognised in the Australian Accounting Awards 2020 as the Winner of both Thought Leader of the Year and the Accountants Daily Excellence Award.

In this episode Sam and Robyn chat about their mutual passion for the accounting industry, the important role tax agents play in our world generally and why they have absolutely been the unsung heroes of this pandemic. Plus Robyn shares not only some really amazing stats about the role of accountants in our society, but also the best analogy Sam's heard about Job Keeper.

Make sure you hit subscribe in your podcast app so that next week's episode, will download automatically and you won't miss out on Part 2 of this great conversation with Robyn.

Connect with Robyn via The Tax Institute

Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [email protected]

We are offering 20 minute reach out calls to help support you during this time. Go to blueprinthq.com.au

This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.

IDA Episode 36, Sam covers the final attribute of the In Demand Accountant, and that is the selling mindset. Sam explores what a selling mindset is, why you need it and how you can go about cultivating it.

Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [email protected]

We are offering 20 minute reach out calls to help support you during this time. Go to blueprinthq.com.au

This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.

IDA Episode 35, Sam explores the concept of Professionalism and why it's a crucial part of being an In Demand Accountant.

Here at BlueprintHQ, we are here to help. We are super passionate about the accounting industry and supporting you with what you need. Connect with me [email protected]

We are offering 20 minute reach out calls to help support you during this time. Go to blueprinthq.com.au

This episode is brought to you by Blueprint Renovate Program, the program designed to create space in your firm to cultivate mindset change through what you do everyday. Visit blueprinthq.com.au/contact to start the conversation.