Best EMyth Podcasts (2024)

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EP444: Linda Ugelow - How To Overcome The Fear Of Public Speaking 33:08

3d ago33:08

33:08

"The fear of speaking isn't a random thing, but rather it's pointing to experiences in our past that led us to believe it's not safe." -Linda Ugelow In this episode, we’re joined by Linda Ugelow, a speaking empowerment coach and author of Delight In The Limelight, who turned her own fear of public speaking into a mission to help others find their v…

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EP443: Lauren Shippy - Aligning Purpose & Priorities: A Roadmap To Business Mastery 31:25

1d ago31:25

31:25

"I just remember thinking even early in my life like I want to be able to help people figure out their path someday and create successful businesses." -Lauren Shippy In this episode, we dive into the entrepreneurial journey of Lauren Shippy, founder of StoryWork, as she reveals the secrets behind her success. During this interview, you'll learn: Th…

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EP442: Spotlight - Tommy Vincent - How To Leverage AI For Business Success 33:20

8d ago33:20

33:20

“I actually feel like AI is going to level the playing field for smaller firms, more than ever before. That’s an incredible thing, I think it’s an amazing opportunity in front of us.” -Tommy Vincent The window of change gets shorter every day, and this can leave us feeling pressured to keep up, or frustrated that no sooner have we caught up, than t…

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EP441: Tiffany Cagwin - Your Long Term Health: Treating The Cause, Not The Symptoms 36:46

8d ago36:46

36:46

“Everybody has to find their own way to reduce their stress…what works for me may not work for you.” -Tiffany Cagwin We all experience stress, it is a fact of modern life. But our bodies cannot adapt to our changing world at the same place as the demands we place upon them. There comes a time when we all have to stop and ask ourselves if everything…

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EP440: Tanya Fox - The Importance Of Getting Connected - Part 2 34:13

15d ago34:13

34:13

“I think the most important thing a bookkeeper can do is make a client feel like you care about their business. You care about their success, and your only purpose is to make sure that they are making more money.” -Tanya Fox An idea doesn’t have to be original for it to work. There is no harm or shame in looking at what those you consider to be suc…

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EP439: Tanya Fox - How To Collaborate: Back To Basics - Part 1 31:39

1M ago31:39

31:39

“What I realized only years later, in doing collaborations is that I had to stop assuming I knew what someone thought I was worth, or what they were getting is worth.” -Tanya Fox There exists a damaging belief in business that if we aren’t the ones handling every aspect of our work, that we aren’t successful. As much as we might like to believe we …

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EP438: Tonya Herb - Turning Failure To Fuel: Why You Should Always Try Again 34:29

1M ago34:29

34:29

“You’re meant to lead the way and if your plate is so full that you’re only doing things halfway, and not feeling really good about the job you’re doing, and how you can impact others, we need to really take a holistic look at what’s going on.” -Tonya Herb When our cars break down, we seek out a mechanic. We visit the doctor when we are sick. Yet i…

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EP437: Michelle Bomberger - How To Safeguard Your Business For Success 38:27

2M ago38:27

38:27

“You’re not your client's bank. Contrary to some beliefs, you’re doing work for them and getting paid. There are different ways to structure your payment terms that limit your exposure.” -Michelle Bomberger We know as bookkeepers just how much relationships matter in business; we want our clients to invest in us to fill their gaps. But we often don…

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EP436: Ruth King - The Value Of Getting Your Business Financially Fit 37:55

2M ago37:55

37:55

“The job of a good embezzler is to become the trusted bookkeeper.” -Ruth King The pace of change is exponential, and keeping up with all the new technologies is a real challenge. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We don’t have to chase every new invention; we need only to find the tools that make doing business for ourselves and our clients a lit…

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EP435: Matthew Dicks - How To Connect Your Business With Your Story 40:13

2M ago40:13

40:13

“We’re actually biologically positioned and programmed to receive stories. For most of existence, for the hundreds of thousands of years humans have existed on the planet, we have not been able to transfer information in written form from one person to another.” -Matthew Dicks As bookkeepers, we love the details. We find patterns in them others str…

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EP434: Bruce Fertman - Walking For Wellness: Your Path To Great Health 48:29

2M ago48:29

48:29

“Walking is our common denominator in terms of movement, almost all of us walk. It’s a really great place to begin, to teach people about movement.” -Bruce Fertman Our role as bookkeepers gives us unique insight into the health of a business. We can make sense of the figures in a way our clients would struggle to alone. We find the problems and suc…

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EP433 - Courtenay Shipley - The Value Of Building Your Future Financial Freedom 31:46

2M ago31:46

31:46

“A lot of people say, ‘Oh retirement, that’s for old people. I don’t need to be thinking about that now.’ But it is just good cash flow management. It's good financial planning. To be thinking not only about what I am spending my money on today as a business owner but also what does this look like in 5, 10, 20 years.” -Courtenay Shipley As bookkeep…

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EP432: Trixy Castro - Mastering Resilience: How To Get Focused On Your Goals 32:25

2M ago32:25

32:25

“Oftentimes, we’re our own worst enemy, and so we listen to the one negative comment or the one negative undertone that someone gives us, and we hold onto that.” -Trixy Castro Every challenge provides an opportunity for growth. A chance to build a mindset of resilience, that will let us face any problem with a mind to solutions. That bias and barri…

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EP431: Hector Garcia - Innovate & Create: Building Client Confidence - Part 2 34:25

3M ago34:25

34:25

“All of a sudden, the customers no longer perceive us as valuable because we failed to reframe the value that we created. The accountant and the bookkeeper’s job should be giving the business owner confidence in their number.” -Hector Garcia For as long as we define our value by our skills alone, we will have to bear the threat of replacement. If a…

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EP430: Hector Garcia - Innovate & Create: Reframing Your Story - Part 1 27:18

3M ago27:18

27:18

“Innovation means always doing it differently, always doing it better. Innovation is not always technology; innovation is providing a different point of view to the status quo.” -Hector Garcia There will always be people more successful than we are. This is only a problem if we decide it's not worth taking any action to better our lives because we’…

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EP429: Tim Sernett - Technology Vs Tradition: How To Embrace Both 34:16

3M ago34:16

34:16

“If they don’t have the right mindset and the right willingness to adopt the technology, it's just not going to work.” -Tim Sernett Everyone is different. There will be those who love trying new things and those who are more hesitant to leave their bubble of security. One isn’t better than the other, but when it comes to business, you must consider…

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EP428: Tyler Otto - How Saying No Will Help You Grow 33:32

3M ago33:32

33:32

“Nowadays I fire people. I fired one client last month. They didn’t even make it two months in. But the way they talked to my staff and scope creep and demanding a lot of things that we never agreed to, I let them go within a month and a half. Where before I would suffer those clients for a year.” -Tyler Otto It is natural when starting a business …

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EP427: Peter Cook & Debbie Roberts - The E-Myth Bookkeeper: Strategies for Hiring Success 39:55

4M ago39:55

39:55

“The number one marketing strategy for bookkeepers, people would say, is 'do a good job and referrals will come.'” -Debbie Roberts Finding the right people to work in our businesses is tough. Managing expectations on both sides can be challenging, maybe our systems and processes aren’t as great as we hoped, or maybe they just aren’t the right fit f…

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EP426: Jeff Bartsch - Telling Your Story: How To Attract & Retain Your Ideal Client - Part 2 29:40

4M ago29:40

29:40

“You don’t have to know everything, but if you can ask the questions and then if you can figure out how those tie into the financials, you can say ‘here are the numbers, but here’s what they mean.’” -Jeff Bartsch All of us have a story, but few of us embrace the ability we all possess to change the narrative at any moment. There is comfort in famil…

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EP425: Jeff Bartsch - Telling Your Story: Giving Meaning To The Numbers - Part 1 32:43

4M ago32:43

32:43

“A story is where a character wants something, overcomes obstacles to get it and experiences transformation as a result. Identity, desire, obstacles and transformation. And then we as providers of services and products, we are the guide, we come alongside to help that hero get what they want.” -Jeff Bartsch Being a bookkeeper is about more than our…

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EP424: Jackie Koch - Navigating Hiring & Firing: A Practical Guide 39:05

4M ago39:05

39:05

“I think there are three main things that are super important for running a business. One is knowing how to be a great leader and a great manager of people. There’s learning how to hire the right people for your business and how to build a team. And then there’s knowing how to follow the rules and stay out of trouble!” -Jackie Koch As with all thin…

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EP423: Sam Bennett - The Secret To Getting Things Done RIGHT NOW! 40:33

5M ago40:33

40:33

“Spend 15 minutes a day every single day on something that matters to you. I don’t care if it matters to anybody else, but something that matters to you, and preferably do all this before you check your email.” -Sam Bennett Habit building is hard, especially when we aren’t always sure which way to direct our energy. The more we build a habit, the m…

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EP422: Peter Cook - 7 Effective Strategies For Marketing Your Bookkeeping Business 36:30

5M ago36:30

36:30

“The sales conversation isn’t about the details of how we do the bookkeeping, it's about, what are the benefits of that for a business owner.” -Peter Cook Most of us would say that referrals have been our best avenues to new business. Yet when quizzed about how we get them, many of us have no system or proactive approach in place with which to attr…

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EP421: Spotlight - Joe Woodard - Conquering The Pricing & Service Dilemma 39:55

5M ago39:55

39:55

“We are in a supply/demand economy that favours the suppliers. And it's economics 101, if you have a supply shortage that can’t meet all the demand of the market, then you increase price.” -Joe Woodard Compliance is one of the biggest realms of challenge for bookkeepers, but it also provides consistent opportunity. The rules and regulations change …

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EP420: Lora Lonesberry - Future Thinking: Building A Business Beyond AI 36:27

5M ago36:27

36:27

“If you want to stay viable in your bookkeeping business, you’re going to have to make that shift, and make your customers understand that they need you, and value you and your thought process that AI can’t do for them.” -Lora Lonesberry There can be no doubt that AI is changing our world. Yet we are not all as doomed to be replaced by technology a…

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EP444: Linda Ugelow - How To Overcome The Fear Of Public Speaking 33:08

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EP443: Lauren Shippy - Aligning Purpose & Priorities: A Roadmap To Business Mastery 31:25

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EP442: Spotlight - Tommy Vincent - How To Leverage AI For Business Success 33:20

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EP441: Tiffany Cagwin - Your Long Term Health: Treating The Cause, Not The Symptoms 36:46

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EP440: Tanya Fox - The Importance Of Getting Connected - Part 2 34:13

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EP439: Tanya Fox - How To Collaborate: Back To Basics - Part 1 31:39

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EP438: Tonya Herb - Turning Failure To Fuel: Why You Should Always Try Again 34:29

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EP437: Michelle Bomberger - How To Safeguard Your Business For Success 38:27

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EP436: Ruth King - The Value Of Getting Your Business Financially Fit 37:55

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EP435: Matthew Dicks - How To Connect Your Business With Your Story 40:13

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EP434: Bruce Fertman - Walking For Wellness: Your Path To Great Health 48:29

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EP433 - Courtenay Shipley - The Value Of Building Your Future Financial Freedom 31:46

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EP432: Trixy Castro - Mastering Resilience: How To Get Focused On Your Goals 32:25

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EP431: Hector Garcia - Innovate & Create: Building Client Confidence - Part 2 34:25

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EP430: Hector Garcia - Innovate & Create: Reframing Your Story - Part 1 27:18

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EP429: Tim Sernett - Technology Vs Tradition: How To Embrace Both 34:16

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EP428: Tyler Otto - How Saying No Will Help You Grow 33:32

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EP427: Peter Cook & Debbie Roberts - The E-Myth Bookkeeper: Strategies for Hiring Success 39:55

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EP426: Jeff Bartsch - Telling Your Story: How To Attract & Retain Your Ideal Client - Part 2 29:40

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EP425: Jeff Bartsch - Telling Your Story: Giving Meaning To The Numbers - Part 1 32:43

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EP424: Jackie Koch - Navigating Hiring & Firing: A Practical Guide 39:05

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EP423: Sam Bennett - The Secret To Getting Things Done RIGHT NOW! 40:33

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EP422: Peter Cook - 7 Effective Strategies For Marketing Your Bookkeeping Business 36:30

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EP421: Spotlight - Joe Woodard - Conquering The Pricing & Service Dilemma 39:55

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EP420: Lora Lonesberry - Future Thinking: Building A Business Beyond AI 36:27

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