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by ataylor | Jul 21, 2026 | CPA Blog

What Five Lost Hours Taught Me About Productivity

For years, I operated by one rule: if I couldn’t get a big, uninterrupted block of time, three or four hours, door closed, nothing else competing for my attention, I wasn’t going to get anything done. That was my ideal working condition, and I built my...

by ataylor | Jul 9, 2026 | CPA Blog

The Freedom Trap

As our country celebrates 250 years of independence, I’ve been thinking about freedom. For accountants, freedom often looks like one thing: “If I could just quit my job and start my own firm, I’d finally be free.” Having founded and led three...

by ataylor | Jun 11, 2026 | CPA Blog

The Surrender Experiment – Our Favorite Finds

If I had to choose one book that has had the greatest impact on my life, it would be The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer. It is, without question, my favorite book of all time. What makes this book so meaningful to me is that when I first read it, it felt...

by ataylor | Jun 7, 2026 | CPA Podcasts

The End of an Era, Passing the Torch

Some endings are worth celebrating. After nearly 400 episodes and almost 19 years, The CPA MOMS Podcast is publishing its final episode. And rather than quietly fading out, founder Mayumi Young stepped to the microphone to do what she has always done best: show up for...

by ataylor | May 25, 2026 | CPA Blog

The Art of the Smaller Promise: Why Doing Less Gets You Further

There’s a productivity myth that most of us have been running on for years. It goes something like this: the more you commit to, the more you’ll get done. Fill the list, fill the day, push through, and eventually it all adds up. Except it doesn’t....