Writing and talking about what I know with lessons learned, not about what I think others want; either in Substack or when I get up to teach staff accountants continuing education in a few minutes. Tell stories, don’t read the slide deck!
Going slide-deck-free with accountants because you decided to stop auditioning? That’s the whole point of the post in one sentence. Anne would call that a perfect “Yes, and.” Come back and tell us how the room reacted. I’m already smiling thinking about it.
Went well! I would get to a slide, summarize and talk through a real life example. Generated some discussion. For the real technical ones I would let them read, then say, “ this is how I would explain it to a client.
I've been thinking about "what would I do if" for years, until the moment life brought me exactly to that scenario - or maybe it was my subconscious guiding me there. Suddenly, I felt the freedom to do exactly what I wanted, and I realized my life has never been better than that.
Exactly. That moment when the “what if” finally shows up and you realize you’ve been waiting your whole life to say yes to it? That’s the real “Yes, and.”
Thank you for sharing this. It’s the best proof I could ask for that the piece landed.
Dropping the curtain of pretense and allowing the true self to shine thru… great stuff, John. Thanks for the read. - Wayne
Wayne. Thank you. Truly.
Writing and talking about what I know with lessons learned, not about what I think others want; either in Substack or when I get up to teach staff accountants continuing education in a few minutes. Tell stories, don’t read the slide deck!
Going slide-deck-free with accountants because you decided to stop auditioning? That’s the whole point of the post in one sentence. Anne would call that a perfect “Yes, and.” Come back and tell us how the room reacted. I’m already smiling thinking about it.
Thank you for this.
Went well! I would get to a slide, summarize and talk through a real life example. Generated some discussion. For the real technical ones I would let them read, then say, “ this is how I would explain it to a client.
I've been thinking about "what would I do if" for years, until the moment life brought me exactly to that scenario - or maybe it was my subconscious guiding me there. Suddenly, I felt the freedom to do exactly what I wanted, and I realized my life has never been better than that.
Exactly. That moment when the “what if” finally shows up and you realize you’ve been waiting your whole life to say yes to it? That’s the real “Yes, and.”
Thank you for sharing this. It’s the best proof I could ask for that the piece landed.