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your obligation to yourself

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businessman looking at calendar on tabletstart getting better, working better, right now.

by bill reeb

whatever you decide you want to improve or accomplish takes effort. relationships take effort. your job takes effort. having fun takes effort.

more: how to stay in the present | don’t use only your strengths | are you your biggest obstacle? | why your to-do list isn’t getting done | appreciate the joy that comes from work | covid crisis requires new mindsets | 3 early warning signals for overachievers | how overachievers can get ‘unstuck’
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know that whatever is important to you could easily start to wither away if you don’t give it the right amount of attention.
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how to stay in the present

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business meeting of a woman and two menthis goes for both your business and personal lives.

by bill reeb

have you ever caught yourself daydreaming and realized a significant amount of time has passed while you were on autopilot and you can’t remember any details in between?

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in the beginning, when i was driving back and forth between austin and arlington when michaelle was earning her ph.d., i found that there were times when my mind would get immersed in a topic and when i came back to the present, i might have driven between 50 and 100 miles. i couldn’t remember passing through cities. i did make the drive often, so the road was familiar, but what a scary thought that i was driving a death machine at 70 miles an hour on a crowded freeway and had no recollection of my navigation for such a long distance.
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judy trepeck on how to think beyond accounting, with steven sacks

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clients need so much more than basic accounting & write-up.

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with steven sacks
the new fundamentals

armed with the latest technologies, accountants can do more than ever – faster, better, and cheaper. but too many accountants are missing the biggest opportunity that technology creates, according to judy trepeck, long a leading figure in the profession.

more from steven sacks: bill reeb: new rules for the covid era | is your message open to interpretation? |  effective communications in the age of covid | why proper communication is critical | how to create effective internal communications | how to select your firm’s board | trust is a key organizational ingredient | real influence vs. immediate gratification | fake it ‘til you make it: an ultimate goal? | 4 ways to boost job satisfaction | have you gauged your staff’s enthusiasm? | why knowledge maintenance is key
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in her conversation with steven sacks, trepeck, currently senior vice president for customized training at the michigan state cpa society,  outlines how cpas can go beyond basic accounting to provide more value-added services. it requires experience, talent, ambition, and, maybe most of all, intuition.


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trepeck provides a framework for any accountant to add advisory services to their menu of offerings.

some of the key takeaways and the full transcript:

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don’t use only your strengths

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sometimes it’s better to focus on technique.

by bill reeb

“invest in loss” is a technique that helps us expand our knowledge and ability by setting our ego aside so that we can learn how to work better and get better. with invest-in-loss, the focus is on improving; whether you win or lose, whether you look bad or like a pro, whether you are embarrassed or held up as an example, the key is to improve.

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don’t confuse investing in loss with “give up and don’t care.” these two phrases have nothing in common. while investing in loss still means you are trying, you are not restricting yourself to those approaches that give you the best chance of “winning.”
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avoiding death by powerpoint

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businesswoman giving presentation at meetinglet the spotlight be on you.

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals

have you ever attended a conference where the presenter plans to supplement his or her key topics by showing an illustration of what is being currently said? do i look at the speaker or do i look at the slides? will the slides be available later or should i take notes now? should i move up 50 rows so the microscopic wording improves to the level of barely readable? can i ask the speaker to back up a couple of slides?

more: how to think beyond accounting with judy trepeck [video and podcast] | bill reeb: new rules for the covid era [video and podcast] | is your message open to interpretation? | political correctness or just common courtesy? | syncing up for the covid era | profit is not a mission | confronting leadership: not such a bad thing | new opportunities for a ‘new normal’ | is trust elusive? | working remotely shouldn’t mean feeling isolated
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whenever i give presentations i try to put myself in the shoes of the listeners and create a presentation in a way that relies on them briefly glancing at the slide transition and then redirecting their full attention back on me. but what we see today is too many speakers just reading what appears on the slides. they should simply begin their session by saying, “i’ll read out loud and you’ll follow along silently.” thank goodness there was never a request made for responsive reading.
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work smarter, not harder

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climber standing atop mountain with another in distancethe key? constantly build on the basics.

by bill reeb

always keeping the basics top-of-mind can help you work better. this technique is about making sure you are always building on a strong foundation – strong enough for where you are now, but also strong enough to support where you plan to be.

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if your foundation isn’t built for the load you will eventually put to bear on it, then though you might make great progress doing the work in the short term, your gains will all crumble underneath you in the long term.
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stop ignoring opportunities right in front of you

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extended hands on black backgroundhow “take what’s given” works in business.

by bill reeb

in the practice of martial arts, the concept of “take what’s given” is drilled in to teach us to respond to what our opponent is offering rather than either following some mental plan we have conjured up or over-relying on our strengths.

more: are you your biggest obstacle? | why we risk change | learn to embrace failure | what would make you happy? | do you have a goal or just a speed? | learn more by letting go
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when you have an unfamiliar opponent, both a mental plan and leveraging strengths require information you don’t have to dependably work. in other words, those two options presume superiority – that i know my strengths are greater, or that my plan has all the necessary contingencies to appropriately react to the actions and reactions of my opponent. how could you have this level of knowledge or insight about an unknown opponent?
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are you your biggest obstacle?

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young man facing image of himselfself-reflection is useful. self-criticism, less so.

by bill reeb

a couple of years ago, when i was consulting onsite with the executive team, one of the managers pulled me aside and asked me for some personal advice. she said, “i am thinking about asking to go part time because the stress of this job is really getting to me. what do you think they will say?”

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i told her that i thought they would be willing to do whatever she wanted. but then i added, “what are the owners or your direct boss doing to create this stress?” here was the conversation that followed:
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