Author Description

Wow! What a wild ride the past few years have been for the accounting profession. For those of us running public accounting and bookkeeping practices, we’ve been called on like never before to be a trusted advisor to our business clients, a reliable resource for individuals who need our expertise when dealing with the financial fallout of Covid-19, and of course, being the conduit between the government and the rest of society when it comes to communicating and interpreting the tax code. Oh, and that’s all before breakfast! Some days it seems that way, doesn’t it? I think for many of us, this feeling of being overwhelmed and out to sea has become our new normal, and to me, that’s not the way anyone should live because life is too short. I’ve been there and done that, too. That’s why I decided to write this book, immediately after the original The Designated Motivator. Because I feel that our community of Accounting professionals needs a lifeline. I’ve been on the receiving end of that lifeline myself, and it truly has been the difference between my success and failure. Knowing that there are others in the same boat, or those that have been in the same boat and made it to the land of solid success. This has given me a sense of security and calm amid some very rough waters and stormy seas. I am so thankful, not only to those Designated Motivators for Accounting professionals who I have mentioned in this book, but to anyone who touches our profession in a positive capacity and has helped us keep moving forward. This thank you goes out to all of our clients, our technology partners, the service providers who make our work possible, the people who help us get the word out to the world about the tax and accounting issues which impact all of us in some way. And a very heartfelt thank you to every single person who either has a dream to be part of our team of practitioners including those deciding on their career, or who are pursuing that dream through education