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\"overstuffed<\/a>sometimes looking less than your best is more effective.<\/strong><\/p>\n

by ed mendlowitz<\/i>
\ncall me before you do anything: the art of accounting<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

is reality what something actually is or what people perceive it to be? jack welch of ge fame once said that reality is \u201cseeing the world as it is rather than as you wish it were.\u201d<\/p>\n

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sometimes that is not so. and sometimes you can alter reality to make it seem like something else.
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\none time we were handling a state tax audit for a client on a very complicated and esoteric issue. it was so involved that the state ruled on it three times, setting the rule, reversing it and then setting it again. the courts ruled on an even narrower part of this in the taxpayer\u2019s favor (the taxpayer in this situation was forbes magazine), and based on that case, our client was entitled to a very substantial tax refund. the interest alone would have put a kid through four years of an ivy league college at that time.<\/p>\n

we had numerous meetings with the tax agent and their supervisor and couldn\u2019t even get agreement on the facts, let alone the issue. we then requested a meeting with the boss\u2019s boss before we would have to go to more formal hearings.<\/p>\n

i had just become partners with peter and he prepared our case for the meeting. we requested a late afternoon meeting, and the time was set for 3 p.m. peter worked about four days organizing everything, cataloging the backup, and preparing a great presentation that he was very proud of.<\/p>\n

as we were getting ready to leave our office, i took out of my pocket about six shopping bags, the kind you get in the supermarket, and told peter that we were going to take everything out of the boxes he meticulously organized and throw the files and papers into the shopping bags. there was an order to what we did, but it looked terribly messy, disorganized and in complete disarray.<\/p>\n

peter was naturally upset because he had worked hard at organizing everything for an efficient and effective meeting. when we walked into the tax agent\u2019s office, he saw peter\u2019s frown and perhaps anger at me, and the half-dozen shopping bags of \u201cpapers\u201d we were carrying. even before the introductions were completed, he said, \u201clet\u2019s settle!\u201d<\/p>\n

a lesson here is that in some situations, how you look is more important than what you know. maybe the lesson here should be to always look the way you want others to perceive you. and in most cases that requires you looking your best \u2013 but there are exceptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

sometimes looking less than your best is more effective.<\/strong>
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