A podcast intended to help busy women find the tools and the encouragement to manage their lives, their time, their stress, and their stuff so they can accomplish the things that matter most to them.
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The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast is a weekly show to help increase your confidence, work smarter and build a business you love. Each week you'll listen to inspiring guests who will share their success secrets, so you can take your bookkeeping enterprise and life to another level. Some of them include New York Times Best-Selling Author of E-Myth, Michael E. Gerber, Pure Bookkeeping Co-Founder, Debbie Roberts, the host of The Productive Woman podcast, Laura McClellan and the author of *I Know ...
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10-Year Podiversary – Lessons Learned – TPW499
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In this episode we’re celebrating 10 years of The Productive Woman podcast and I’m sharing some lessons I’ve learned along the way.By Laura McClellan
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EP425: Jeff Bartsch - Telling Your Story: Giving Meaning To The Numbers - Part 1
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“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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Productive Living: Getting Unstuck, with Britt Frank – TPW498
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This week I'm talking with Britt Frank, a therapist, trauma specialist, and author of The Science of Stuck, about getting unstuck and making a life that matters.By Laura McClellan
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EP424: Jackie Koch - Navigating Hiring & Firing: A Practical Guide
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“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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Preparing for a Productive Retirement – TPW497
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No matter your age, preparing now, with a focus on what matters most to you, can ensure a smooth transition to a rewarding, meaningful, and productive retirement when the time comes.By Laura McClellan
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EP423: Sam Bennett - The Secret To Getting Things Done RIGHT NOW!
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“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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Productive Reading: Slow Productivity, by Cal Newport – TPW496
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In this week's installment of our recurring Productive Reading series, we look at key takeaways from Cal Newport's newest book, Slow Productivity.By Laura McClellan
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EP422: Peter Cook - 7 Effective Strategies For Marketing Your Bookkeeping Business
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“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
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“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
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“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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There are ways to manage stress--and good reasons to do so.By Laura McClellan
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EP419: Peter Cook - Following The Plan: The Bookkeeper’s Journey
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“People do that with their bookkeeping business, they start, they want to get some clients and they want to make some money, but they actually really have no idea what the journey looks like and where they are trying to get to. It’s a very different experience if you don’t know where you’re trying to get to.” -Peter Cook There is a common misconcep…
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Productive Living: Becoming CEO of Your Health, with Andrea Nakayama – TPW494
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Andrea Nakayama, Functional Nutritionist and founder of Functional Nutrition Alliance, shares new ways to look at our health and nutrition while improving our productivityBy Laura McClellan
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EP418: Racheal Cook - Level Up! Freedom From Entrepreneurial Poverty
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“You have to be willing to think a little bit differently about your business. If you follow what everyone else is doing, you’re going to get the same results everybody got.” -Racheal Cook Building a business is hard. There are so many barriers to success that the last thing we need is to get in our own way, either by supremely undervaluing our ski…
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Disappointment (and worse) can result when we aren't clear on our expectations. Today we’re talking about managing expectations for less stress and more productivity.By Laura McClellan
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EP417: Mike Michalowicz - How To Build A Shared Vision For Success
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“The importance of your own personal achievement needs to be equal to the importance of everyone else’s achievement. We are all just harmoniously and fortunately moving towards the same thing: survival.” -Mike Michalowicz Are we working with the business or for the business? A great way to find out is to pay attention to the way you speak about the…
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Crafting a Life That Matters: 10 Essential Questions – TPW492
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Self-reflection is always time well spent, especially if it's helping us grow as an individual. In this episode we’re talking about questions we can ask ourselves to help us create a life that mattersBy Laura McClellan
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EP416: Peter Cook - Management 101: Taking Score Of Your Business
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“You don’t have to be the best salesperson in the world. To be good at marketing a bookkeeping business, you just need to be good enough that you stand out in that crowd. You have to get good enough, you don’t have to become the world’s best marketer. “ - Peter Cook We might be excellent bookkeepers, but that doesn’t mean we are automatically great…
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Productive Living: Financial Wellness, with Tamara Dias – TPW491
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Certified financial social worker Tamara Dias joined me to talk about financial wellness and making a life that matters.By Laura McClellan
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EP415: Curtis Lewsey - Unlocking the Power of Genuine Referrals
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“Don’t just ask for the referral, deserve it. You deserve a referral, and you earn a referral by who you are and how you show up in people’s lives.” - Curtis Lewsey Referrals are a huge part of our businesses but despite this, we often don’t spend as much time and genuine effort as we should investing in the relationships around us. How well we are…
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From the Vault: Working from Home – TPW490
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Working from home has its benefits--and its challenges. This week I talk about both--and some solutions for the challengesBy Laura McClellan
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