profit is not a mission

businessman relaxing in clouds in skywhy mission statements matter and how firms fail.

by steven e. sacks
the new fundamentals: practical guidance for today’s accounting firms

do you think your staff knows what your firm’s mission statement is?

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wait. let me back up. does your staff even know that such a mission statement exists?

my guess is no and no.

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appreciate the joy that comes from work

climber standing atop mountain with another in distancestop wishing your life away.

by bill reeb

we spend about 99.7 percent (statistic totally fabricated but the phrase “vast majority” would certainly apply) of our time en route to some objective. if you can find happiness, serenity or a feeling of success only when you arrive at your intended destinations, then you are destined to be unhappy or feeling unsuccessful almost all of the time.

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i remember my wife and i vacationing in puerto rico many years ago. we decided to go to the el yunque national forest reserve and walk up to the top of one of the el yunque mountains. given that we like to hike, this was not a difficult climb because it was only about five miles roundtrip on a paved path.
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how we sell audits online

make it easy for prospects to reach you.

by jody grunden
building the virtual cfo firm in the cloud

with our 401(k) audit service, the bulk of our clients find us online and come to us through our website. we also get referrals from investment advisors and third-party administrators.

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no matter how a prospect finds us, there are three ways that they typically reach out to us:
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pros filing more returns than diyers

chart of irs tax return data for the week ending june 5, 2020… in the tax season that never ends.

by beth bellor

bleak but slightly less so.

more: tax pro e-filings down 20 percent | irs web traffic doubles over year-ago | covid drowns irs in new filings | 2020 tax season comes to a screeching halt | the tax season 2020 dumpster fire | tax pros fall behind 6.2% in returns filed | tax pros trail by 908,000 returns
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that’s probably the best way to categorize the trends in the most recent data from the internal revenue service.

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what would make you happy?

woman ladder binoculars city view outlook vision success climb adobestock_57204649.jpegbonus: a flowchart of desire.

by bill reeb

i believe that every day, in a way, we do exactly what we want to do or what we desire. for instance, you might be frustrated by your present weight, but if you don’t change your eating habits or exercise regimen, then you clearly do not desire to lose weight.

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another idea that complicates determining what we want, which is far more subtle and complex, is that we subconsciously or consciously suppress many of our desires.
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