Busy Season Survival Tip #626: Save Those Paperclips
Accounting OG @twuench took a break from telling interns to get off his lawn and has shared this great busy season survival tip from his former direct report at PwC. Take notes, people. IRS employees, y’all are out of luck sorry. Not like you’re allowed to partake anyway.
Here’s the Mentality You Should Have When Dealing with Clients This Busy Season, Courtesy of the Detroit Lions’ New Head Coach
On second thought, the whole kicking clients in the face and cannibalism thing will probably land you in hot water with your bosses … and the authorities: “[W]e’re going to kick you in the teeth, right? And when you punch us back, we’re going to smile at you. And when you knock us down, we’re […]
Going Concern March Madness: Busy Season Survival Has a Champion (And Some of You May Need a Sponsor)
Bracket season came to close yesterday afternoon on Going Concern and your Busy Season Survival champion is none other than booze. Hooch. The Sauce. Firewater. Whatever your flavor, alcohol managed to overcome it all to win GCBSSF&BvsT. Yes, those of you who cry busy season tears into beers managed to outnumber the BYU alums, CPAs […]
Going Concern March Madness: The Busy Season Survival Final — Booze vs. Excel, There Can Be Only One
Finally, the champions of the two Busy Season Survival regions — Food & Bevvie and Tech — will meet to crown the ultimate winner of GCMMBSSF&BvsT. It's been a memorable tournament unless you've been committed to Team Booze in practice as well as voting. From coffee's disappointing performance to an inspired run by Email to the exciting […]
Going Concern March Madness: Busy Season Survival — Food & Beverage vs. Technology, The Final Four
Well, we have our survivors from GCMMBSSF&BvsT. It's been quite a journey so far, and now we will crown the kings of both Food & Beverage and Tech in your quest to come out of busy season with your sanity intact.
So let's get to it. We're keeping the polls open until Friday at 1 pm ET so you can stuff the channels appropriately.
Going Concern March Madness Busy Season Survival: The Sweet Sixteen, Day Two
I'm in Raleigh, North Carolina today visiting students at North Carolina State, so I apologize for the delay in getting to the bottom half of the Sweet Sixteen in GCMM. I know you've shaking with anticipation.
Going Concern March Madness: Busy Season Survival — Food & Beverage vs. Technology, The Sweet Sixteen
If you picked upsets in your NCAA Mens bracket and all the favorites in your GCMMBSSF&BvsT bracket, then you're in pretty good shape today. My hunch is that you went for the opposite strategy.
While favorites Excel and coffee had no problems and the wins by Bagels and Key Shortcuts were very satisfying, the loss by Someone Else's Hotpocket from the Freezer was devastating. DEVASTATING.
Going Concern March Madness: Busy Season Survival — Food & Beverage vs. Technology
For the last two seasons, Going Concern March Madness pitted accounting firms against each other to decide just which firm was the coolest in this fair land. Sadly, we have decided to end this exercise. It was a good (?) run but has been exhausted for reasons that include: 1) a Rothstein Kass three-peat was not something anyone was prepared to endure and 2) the underlying premise of the bracket was based in fantasy or, dare I say, complete bullshit. Does this mean that Vault's annual prestige ranking has lost all purpose? That's not for me to say.
Do You Have Any Tips on Achieving Work/Life Balance This Busy Season?
As your chargeable hours begin the steady uptick, it is naïve to think that you can take the the same mental and physical approach to busy season that you took to the interim months. Baseball players don’t use the same training methods in September that they did in spring training, and neither should you. “Busy […]