The Fulfilled Accountant

While you probably would never consciously expect your employees to read your mind, almost every manager and business owner is actually expecting exactly that at some point every day.  

It confuses the heck out of your team and it keeps you feeling frustrated and wondering why you can get them to do what you want, how you want it, and when you want it. 

Luckily, there's a very simple solution to this. 

It's all about deciding what you actually expect from each employee, telling them, and then also following through to hold them accountable.  Over and over. 

Like most things, easier said than done.

In this episode I walk you through key steps and tips to actually do this so you can stop feeling frustrated with your team and questioning your own abilities.

Your team will not only do better work, but they'll enjoy their work more.

When they know what to do and how to do it well, that means your clients get better service and you will have more time to focus on your own work. 

Or simply to go home and unplug when your day is done.

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Growing your accounting or financial services firm can be incredibly challenging, frustrating, and downright painful some days. 

You've managed to get this far, but what  does it actually take grow to the next level?

Unfortunately, a lot of small firms reach a certain point and then struggle to manage their growth past that point. 

Today I'm talking about common reasons firms struggle to grow and what you can do to avoid or overcome them.

I'm sharing 4 simple steps to follow to create the growth that fits your firm in the way you want to do business.

Because there isn't a specific one size fits all answer for every firm.

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You know how every year you make these great plans to do better next year? Not just to exercise more or drink more water.

I'm talking about plans to improve and grow your firm. 

To change your pricing. To hire new or better employees. To niche down to a client base you actually want to work with and have really great expertise at serving.

And even better, to work fewer hours and take home a bigger profit.

But then the year goes by and you're busy and stressed, and you find yourself making similar plans, goals and dreams again.

I want that to change for you. These last two months of the year are the perfect time to start that change, by doing a new kind of reflection and evaluation of the past year.

And setting yourself up for easy actions in the new year.

Recently a client of mine summed it up perfectly, “If I’m where I am now at this time next year, you should fire me.” 

The only way to make a change is to take new actions. And the best way to take new actions (other than actually doing them) is to get your brain onboard with what you want.

In this episode, I'm walking you through that.  

And, now is the perfect time to book a call with me to apply this work to yourself and your firm after you listen.

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Today we’re talking about marketing your small financial services firm or practice. 

Marketing isn't usually on my financial clients' list of favorite topics, but it really is one of the most important parts of running your own firm or practice. 

Without marketing, no one knows you exist! 

And if no one knows that you exist or how you can help them, they can’t hire you. 

So, today I’ve invited my friend Catherine Tidd to unravel some of the mysteries and uncomfortable parts of marketing so you can build a better business.

Catherine is the CEO of Social Seed Marketing, a company that focuses on digital marketing for financial advisors. She’s also the bestselling author of Confessions of a Mediocre Widow.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What to focus on when you're first getting started with your financial services firm versus once you're more established.
• How spending time on your marketing can actually improve your business and help you work with clients you actually enjoy.
• What marketing efforts will give you the biggest impact for the effort involved.
• What some of the biggest obstacles in marketing are for small financial service firms, and how to overcome them.

Don't miss this episode.

To learn more about Social Seed Marketing and Catherine Tidd, or to work with them, go to www.socialseedmarketing.com.

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How do you get motivated to do all the things you need to do every day?

I'm talking big projects, small mundane tasks, working out, even just getting out of bed some mornings.

Motivation is not automatic.  And it doesn't magically happen when the time is right.

It's actually something you can create for yourself.

And I'm sharing exactly how to do it and why it works today.

Even better, you can do it in 5 minutes. 

So stop procrastinating and dreading things and wishing for motivation to happen to you.  

Listen to this episode, and get stuff done. Today.

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Today I'm talking about a question that I think a lot of smart financial pros struggle with, but that isn’t addressed publicly or constructively very often.

That question is this: How do I reconcile working for incompetent people? Or how should I handle working for a less than stellar boss?

No boss is perfect. 

But sometimes all you can do is focus on their shortcomings to the point where it's hard for you to focus on your own work and feel good about showing up each day.

Listen in to find out why what we usually do to cope doesn't actually work, and what to do instead.

The answer is not to just suck it up, gaslight yourself, or find a new job.

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The question of whether you’re doing enough at work seems to weigh heavily on many financial pro’s minds. 

And it is closely aligned with a general feeling of being behind most of the time. 

Your to do list pretty much never ends, and seems to just grow every day. You can work 14 hours a day (and more) and still leave your desk feeling like you didn’t accomplish enough that day.

So, today we’re talking about how to know if you’re doing enough at work, or not. And what to do about your answer.

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Why are you always so busy? That's just how it is in accounting and finance right? 

Is that true? 

Being busy is like a badge of honor in the accounting and financial world. 

But the long term impact of busy-ness on you, your business, your team, and your clients is not good. 

And it isn't just at work. The habit of being busy has crept into the other parts of your life, too.

In this episode, I’m explaining what busy-ness is, why exactly it has taken over your life and work, why it’s more of a problem than just a long, never-ending to-do list, and what you can do to unbusy your life so you can get what matters done, enjoy your work, and have plenty of time to actually enjoy your life as well.  

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You may think that all your value comes from knowing the rules, crunching the numbers, and being an expert with all the analytical skills. 

Those are great, but if you can't communicate what you know in a way that others understand and respond to, your other skills fall kind of flat in today's world. 

To stay competitive, effective, and valuable today, good communication skills are critical for accountants.  

So today I'm diving into the common communication gaps accountants experience, why they are problematic for you, and what you can do to improve your communication skills.

The good news?

You can start right now with what you hear in this episode. You don't have to sit in a class all day to learn this stuff.

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In the world of finance and accounting, there’s a so much pressure for perfection in your work. There is not a lot of room for error. 

You expect yourself to know the answer to anything and everything a client might pose to you. And you expect yourself to never be wrong, misunderstand, or make the wrong decision on behalf of your client. 

But inevitably, mistakes and errors happen. It doesn't matter how hard you try to avoid them or how perfect you are. It will happen.

So what do you do when it happens? How do you navigate it?

Today I'm covering:
1. Why and how mistakes happen in the finance and accounting industries.
2. Why mistakes seem like such a problem, but aren’t actually as terrible as you make them out to be.  
3. And what you can do differently the next time you make a mistake.  

If mistakes are inevitable, knowing these three things will make it much easier to navigate them, and get through your day to day work without feeling as stressed and pressured to be perfect.  

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