I love what I do and my profession. I work with a great group of team members and we get the opportunity to share our lives with each other while working together in the process of serving our clients, serving each other and serving in our respective communities. We use our talents to assist our clients by helping them to be successful in whatever profession they have been led to, born into or stumbled upon.
We spend some of our time working alongside our community leaders in giving just a little back to those who helped mold us into who we are, or by making investments in those who are up and coming as we strive to teach them the same drive and determination that have been the forces behind our successes and failures. Yes, that’s right, our failures, because we are not perfect. We do not always get it right the first time. We are searching for balance, that drive, that “want to” that gets us out of bed in the morning to seek out the opportunities of the day.
As an accountant, where does your drive come from? You may say your pocketbook, you may say your family and children, or you might even say the interaction with your teammates or clients. Maybe your drive comes from the satisfaction of a job well done. Wherever your “want to” comes from matters not; what matters is you have it and the CPA profession is grateful you do. You are the elite, those who follow the rules and regulations of your profession, those who go the extra mile in educating themselves in new FASBs and tax laws that are continually being added, changed and deleted.
Being accountable for the work you put before your client and the public is what separates you from those who provide the same type of services but have no accountability, those who have not achieved success in the education and training required to pass the CPA exam. You do the best you can so your client gets a product of high quality that you can be proud of and to which you can be held accountable. So thank you for choosing your profession and understanding the importance of what it means to be a certified public accountant.
For us accountants, tax season is now (actually it never ends). We are advising clients with the important issues that need to be resolved before the end of the year. How we plan the next several weeks will definitely effect April 17, 2017. So with the unofficial kickoff of tax season, I challenge you. Find your “want to,” find out what drives you, what makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning and seize the day. I am proud of our profession and of those that are driven each and every day on the quest of making our profession the best it can be. Carpe Diem!