Day of Failure 20 Loaning People Money

Day of Failure 20 Loaning People Money

I went to a small college in Idaho for my first two years of college. Idaho is a beautiful state. Every morning I woke up and was able to see the Grand Tetons of Wyoming. It was a stunning sight to behold. I learned how to snow ski while I was in Idaho. In the...
Day of Failure 19 Not Building A Scalable Business

Day of Failure 19 Not Building A Scalable Business

Eleven years ago, when I started my accounting business, I had some simple goals. My first goal was to make $5,000 a month. My last employer paid me $43,000 a year, which works out to be ~$3,600 a month. With $5,000 a month, I felt like I would be moving up in life....
Day of Failure 18 Allowing Work to Consume My Life

Day of Failure 18 Allowing Work to Consume My Life

I read an article recently where Lin-Manuel Miranda was interviewed. Lin-Manuel Miranda is the creator of the award-winning musical “Hamilton.” The idea of “Hamilton” came to Miranda after working nonstop for seven years on his musical “In the Heights.” He took a...
Day of Failure 17 On The Brink of Business Closure

Day of Failure 17 On The Brink of Business Closure

I really should have known better. There I was pondering my sad state of affairs. I’d started my accounting business two years before this moment of despair. In 2008, I’d just walked across the stage to receive my Masters of Business Administration diploma. I had a...
Day of Failure 16 Believing Lies

Day of Failure 16 Believing Lies

When I was a young child, I wanted to learn how to play the piano. My mother hired a teacher to teach me how to play the piano. Once a week, I went to the piano teacher’s house, and she showed me how to play the piano. After she showed me how to play, she asked me to...
Dealing With Overwhelm

Dealing With Overwhelm

I remember that day I was at the fair, and I saw a game of chance. The goal of the game was to toss a ping pong ball towards a table that was covered in small fishbowls. To win the game, all I had to do was land my ping pong ball in one of the fishbowls. The prize for...

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