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Dangers Of The Low Cost Bookkeeper
For those that have never gone through the process of replacing their bookkeeper or have never worked with a professional accountant, let us share some of the lessons we learned the hard way. When we started our company, we were an accounting firm that...
Top 10 List Accounting Services For Entrepreneurs
An entrepreneur’s accountant should be doing more than just keeping the books. The entrepreneur’s accountant should be adding value to the business by providing the following services, asking the following questions, or handling the following business...
Tax CPAs Do Not Review Your Books
Some business owners are relieved because they have a qualified tax CPA filing their returns. Well, I hate to break the bad news, but by design a tax CPA is there to help business owners reduce their tax liability. Tax CPAs generally don’t review the...
Decision Fatigue Is Draining You More Than Your Workload Is
You wake up with good intentions. You have a full day ahead, a list of things that need to get done, and the motivation to get started. But by mid-afternoon, something shifts. The simplest decisions feel harder than they should. You know you need to work on something...
Your To-Do List Isn’t the Problem. Your System Is.
Have you ever finished a full day of work and still felt completely behind? You checked emails, crossed things off your list, stayed busy from morning to evening — and yet, when you stopped to think about it, you couldn't point to anything that really moved the...
Why You Can Do More in Two Hours Than Eight (When Your Energy Is Aligned)
There's a belief most women in accounting carry around without even realizing it. It sounds like this: if I just had more time, I could get it all done. More hours in the day. More days in the week. More capacity, somehow, squeezed out of an already full life. But...
Stop Chasing Balance and Start Building Rhythm
If you've ever ended the day feeling like you did a lot but accomplished nothing, you're not alone. And if you've ever wondered why the productivity hacks everyone swears by just don't seem to work for you, the answer probably isn't what you think. It's not that you...
The Late-Night Work Trap: What Exhausted Productivity Is Actually Costing You
There's a version of this story that almost every mom building a practice knows personally. The kids are finally asleep. The house is quiet. You open your laptop and tell yourself: now I can actually get something done. This is your time. The only time that feels like...
Productivity Isn’t About Doing More. It’s About Doing What Matters.
If you've ever felt like you're doing everything and still falling behind, you're not alone. That never-ending to-do list that only seems to grow? The exhaustion that follows you into every morning? That's not a personal failure. It's the result of a culture that...
#387 Re-Release: From 20 min Meditation to Major Moves – Nikki Bushaw on Building a Life-Aligned Firm
Some conversations are too important to only share once. This week, we’re revisiting a powerful CPA MOMS Podcast episode featuring Nikki Bushaw, a CPA, entrepreneur, and mom who chose to build her career on her own terms. Her story is a reminder that the path you...
The Simple Systems That Make Hiring Your First Employee Easier
Hiring your first employee is one of the biggest milestones in building your firm. It often means your business has grown to the point where you simply cannot do everything yourself anymore. But for many firm owners, hiring also brings a new kind of stress. Instead of...
Why Employee Onboarding Matters More Than You Think
When you hire your first employees, it often feels like the biggest challenge is simply finding the right person. But once someone joins your firm, another challenge quickly appears. How do you bring them into your firm in a way that sets them up for success? Employee...
Re-Release: Redefining Leadership – Building a Firm That Works for You
What if the reason you hesitate to call yourself a leader has nothing to do with your capability and everything to do with what you were taught leadership should look like? In this re-release episode of The CPA MOMS Podcast, we revisit a powerful conversation about...