survey results: how cpas manage distractions

… and how to stay focused.

how do you stay focused? add your own comments here.

in a 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 survey of 672 finance and accounting professionals, 22% complain they are “frequently” distracted. and another 5% say they are “terminally” distracted… “what was the question?”

but seriously… the number of accountants are who don’t suffer some problematic distraction is in the single digits. in fact no one says they are never distracted. most cpas are in the “sometimes” or “often” club.

email may be one of the biggest problems.

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the top five essentials to working at home

 

can you work in your pajamas?

by rick telberg/on careers

are you ready to ditch the office and work at home?

two thirds of cpas already are, to one extent or another.

some two out of three accountants are regularly working from home these days-running a full-time home-based practice, a part-time side business or just lugging home the daily overflow from the office. and with gas prices busting $4 per gallon, it’s getting more attractive every day.

but it’s not for everybody. working at home requires some very real and sometimes limiting conditions.

according to the cpas whom i’m hearing from, five key factors are emerging as essential to working at home successfully: read more →