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Stuff Accountants Like: Staples City @accountantslike

"When an accountant (or in this case, an artist) has too much free time (typically during training) and copious amounts of office supplies, this can happen...Artist Peter Root has created a detailed cityscape over a mirror using staples..."
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Source: Stuff Accountants Like Blog

I'm Afraid it's a Terribly Unfortunate Problem When We're Negative @michellegolden

"Got an unsolicited email about negativity in speech. Don’t normally read my junk mail, but SO glad this item escaped my ruthless delete stroke so that I could share the gem with you:

Negative Vocabulary: Say what you will do, not what you can’t do.

We can change people’s perceptions of a situation by changing the words we use to tell them.Being negative is one of the most common bad habits we all seem to have! Why are we so negative and specialise in looking on the dark side? We seem to specialise in telling people what we can’t do, not what we are able to do, however small...."
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Source: Golden Practices

The Entrepreneurial CPA

"Visit any bookstore, from Barnes & Noble to Borders to Amazon, locate the business book section, and you’ll find scores of books claiming to provide the secrets to success in business. The authors range from high profile CEOs to Ivy League professors to $50,000-a-day consultants. Some speak from personal experience while others base their claims on analytical data that purports to identify the common characteristics of businesses that outperform their peers. While there is always something to learn from the voice of experience, I’ve observed one single, albeit rare trait that will drive above-average results and can be applied by just about any organization, including CPA firms --- an entrepreneurial mindset and approach to business. It sounds deceptively simple but actually requires more thought and discipline than might be apparent..."
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Source: Jim Reeves’ Blog