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Your CPA Wants to Know Your CPA

Mistakes… They are only bad if you don't learn from them. Now, there are different levels of bad. You can put the wrong creamer in your coffee bad, or the Three Mile Island, nuke the east coast of the United States bad. But if you live to tell about it, you can always learn something…

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The Power of Awareness & The Awareness of Power

I got hacked. Well, my credit card did. I was balancing my books when I noticed two charges from GoDaddy India on a credit card with a $25,000 limit. I use GoDaddy for domain names, but not in India so that was a BIG RED FLAG! Immediately, I called the credit card company and they…

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Winning with Rightsourcing and Content Creation

I have to brag a bit… I won Board Member of the Quarter for the AMA Triangle. Back in January, I was recruited to join as the VP of Communications, and by April I was recognized as a winner! Now it's not like I volunteered with any expectations, except that if I was going to…

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The Grass May Be Greener on the Other Side of the Fence (But You Still…

It's been years since I mowed my own lawn. Why? I have been blessed enough to afford to pay people to pick up dog poop and mow my lawn. Common business logic tells us to focus on what's important. If you make $50 per hour and you can pay someone $40 to mow your lawn,…

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Is Your Content a Tapas or Family Style Meal?

Family Style I grew up in New York in a very Italian family. Holidays revolved around food. I remember plates and bowls of soup, salad, meat, pasta, and side dishes were placed around the table and then passed around. Some of those plates and bowls were the sizes of small European countries. This allowed you…

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Influence vs. Inspiration… It Takes Emotional Intelligence

It's been years since I have been a conference attendee. Normally, I am at a conference to speak or support the organization. At a conference, you meet and interact with so many interesting people, from so many places, with so many agendas, and so many different levels of experience, knowledge, and stature. The latest conference…

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