frank stitely explains how stitely & karstetter cpas competes for top talent.
with richard rothstein
frank stitely, the managing partner of stitely & karstetter, ceo of clarity practice management and a 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 expert contributor, explains how stitely & karstetter handles staff recruiting in a competitive environment, in this interview with richard rothstein of rothstein consulting for 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.
shrink the gap between strengths and weaknesses.
by bill reeb
there are many self-development books and advisors that proclaim that you should focus on your strengths, develop your strengths and don’t worry about your weaknesses.
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this is a great story to tell because it is one everyone wants to hear. who wants to be told that they should work on what they feel inadequate about in themselves or their abilities? in other words, it is easy to get people pumped up about spending time concentrating on what they do well and discard what they do poorly and leave it for someone else.
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it impacts performance, so use it.
by bill reeb
your best comes through, especially when you are calling upon fine motor skills, when you are relaxed. too much tension can quickly impact your mental, physical and emotional acuity.
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what i am referring to is finding the right level of tension to support performance at a heightened level. the problem is that there is a fine line between tension that pumps you up and tension that starts to drag you down.
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the same information is available in better ways.
by ed mendlowitz
call me before you do anything: the art of accounting
i have never felt annual staff evaluations are effective.
they are forced meetings that lay on complaints and blame for past failures, many of which are not remembered or are vague memories at best. i have rarely seen resulting changes last more than two or three weeks before old habits are reverted to.
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i think these annual meetings are a waste of time. instead, i have been very successful with immediate and periodic evaluations, coupled with regular mentoring meetings.
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your mindset makes a difference.
by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor
question: like every cpa i need to take continuing education courses. however most of what i take
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also, many of the speakers are boring. yet, cpe is big business. are there any suggestions you can give me to get better use of that time?
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tenacity and persistence can be friends … or foes.
by bill reeb
you are now at the final leg of the process. to be here, you had to kick out of the try (work)-evaluate loop because you were either feeling unsuccessful or unhappy about your progress or priorities. this negative evaluation occurs as you are either starting to get stuck or you are already stuck.
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because you have already worked through the techniques of “what you are thinking,” it’s time for us to walk through the other side of this evaluation, which is “what you are doing.” these techniques should help you find ways to get unstuck from what you are doing so that you can once again start regaining momentum toward whatever goal you are trying to accomplish.
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two must-read books on communication and networking.
by ed mendlowitz
the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practice doctor
question: i am a very good accountant but have problems when i speak with people i meet whom i do not know. do you have tips for me?
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answer: there are many ways to break the ice when you meet new people that i could share with you, but i read a book about that so will recommend it to you and will now provide a brief summary of the book.
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be ready to forgive yourself.
by bill reeb
we need self-acceptance that as human beings we are emotional, have faults, are regularly scared, will make mistakes, are very self-critical, expect more from ourselves at times than is reasonable, and more.
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we need to accept the fact that we will commonly sabotage or undermine our own efforts, sometimes consciously, often subconsciously. when we find our psychological and physiological energy heading down one of these destructive paths, rather than pile on and beat ourselves up even more, we need to accept that these detours are both expected and predictable so that we can quickly refocus on more constructive responses.
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how is perception changing your experiences?
by bill reeb
your perception of what you expect will actually shape what you experience. let’s consider a few common perspective variations like “scarcity versus abundance,” “one right answer versus many right answers,” “opportunity versus threats,” “easy versus struggle,” “success versus failure,” “happiness versus sadness” just to name a few.
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with each of these, there is a continuum between one extreme and the other, and depending on where your outlook falls on that continuum, your perspective – that filter – will shape the way you interpret every experience.
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… instead of consuming you.
by bill reeb
worry is an instinctive response that is meant to surface an issue or problem that needs attention. it is an internal alarm system saying, “danger, danger, will robinson, danger” (okay, you got me … a quote from “lost in space,” a mid-’60s tv series).
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like so many of our psychological and physiological responses, too much or too little of this emotion can be equally negative. if you don’t ever worry, then you might get caught off guard regarding something you could have easily prepared for. on the other hand, too much worry is like too much adrenalin: your body will just wear itself out by constantly processing it.
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why spend days or years doing things you don’t want to do?
by bill reeb
“time passes anyway” is a phrase commonly tossed around at my mentor john’s martial arts school. it is the reminder that change comes from doing the work and therefore we need to make every workout count.
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days will pass – 30, 60, 90 – in what feels like the blink of an eye, and when you make every day count, before you know it, you will be a lot better. whether you use your days well or simply throw them away, know that time passes anyway and that time can never be reclaimed!
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what did you do yesterday to move closer to your dream?
by matt solomon
in my last post, i talked about what it means to have a default accounting practice. the biggest problem with a default practice is that it leaves you unsatisfied and unfulfilled. you’re hungry for something greater, but you don’t know what that could look like or how to get there.
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we talked about awareness as a critical first step in creating change inside of your business. i want to take that idea one step further and introduce you to the concept that has the ability to transform your practice and your life: consciousness.
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why that’s ok.
by bill reeb
besides guilt, overachievers seem to have a real problem with the idea of failure, which is why it comes up in so many different forms throughout my book.
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how does this attitude toward failure manifest itself? well, in business, as with life, we are taught by society that to be considered a worthy and successful human being, we must “grab for the brass ring” or buy into the idea that “winning is everything.” and clichés like “anything other than first doesn’t count” are used to motivate people into obtaining “the right perspective.” this has created some self-destructive and dysfunctional attitudes toward winning.
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