Recently, I had dinner with a friend of mine who had just separated from her husband, and was preparing for life after divorce. We talked about what she would do with her life now, what direction it would take, what defines her. The essence of the whole conversation came down to one question: What do […]
(and why too many business owners don’t have one) Most of the micro and small business owners I’ve worked with over the past 20 years are not business school graduates. Some didn’t even finish high school. These are the true grass-roots Australians who work hard, and have developed their particular talent into a business with
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As a bookkeeper, obviously, numbers are my thing. I love running the reports and seeing how a living and breathing complicated machine of a business can be so well represented on a couple of reports. Two, to be exact. Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet. That’s really all you need, isn’t it? The cashflow projection
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In setting up my website with my team, my strategist tells me I need 3 – 5 blog categories. I made one of them “Eco-Sustainability” and this was instantly questioned by her. What’s the deal? I explain that even though I’m not teaching eco-sustainability, it’s a huge passion of mine, and it would resonate as
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Looking back on the 15 years I ran a bookkeeping service, what stands out as the biggest achievement and success for me? It’s not an easy question. There was the time when I was asked to provide a projection of a client’s likely financial position 18 months in advance. I looked at the history, which
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