Goals

After working with accountants for nearly 15 years, I know the Post Tax Year-end Stress is real for many, leading to a February spent in recovery mode. That said, what we choose to do now will pave the way for a better, less stressful end to this year and a more productive start to 2023!If I polled UK accountants in January, they would say that tax year-end ruins their Christmas and New Year.

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It's human nature to avoid change. Change requires action, effort, and sometimes pain.Often change can feel like a rollercoaster. We can start off nervous but excited, with a bit of uninformed optimism, perhaps even butterflies in our stomach. Then reality kicks in and we can come crashing down into the valley of despair – a common place to quit, revert and retreat to safety in familiarity.

Compare these two statements: a child saying, "When I grow up, I’m going to be…" and an accountant saying, "When I get on top of my workflow, I’m going to…". 

They say never waste a good crisis…

About 10 years ago I was having lunch with a friend (let’s call her Jane) when she asked, 'why should I come to you as a client Mark?'.  I started my usual and practised patter about quality, professionalism, great team, great service…   Jane basically then told me to shut up.  I’m sure that if we weren’t having lunch, she would have walked off to find someone else to talk to!  Instead she said...

Secretly, humans are conditioned to love a good fail.  While stories of triumph are inspiring, epic fails are generally more relatable, and certainly more entertaining… #FailArmy #PaddleBoardYogaFails.