064 Atomic Habits for Accountants, Pt 3: Practical Applications | #FreshBookReports Vol. 3

Episode 64

#FreshBookReports @ Accounting High (the miniseries)

Recorded May 22, 2022

Still, with us today is Twyla Verhelst, CPA. Twyla is the distinguished director of the Accountant Channel and the FreshBooks Accounting Partner Program Leader. She supports and empowers other accounting professionals as they help small businesses flourish.

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Part 3 of 3

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear. Scott and Twlya conclude this mini-series by giving us their final take on the book. What are our key takeaways? How can we get back our lost identities or gain new ones? Finding that delicate balance as we muddle through everything. Come ride along as we finish this ride and get prepared for what else might come

0 - Don’t judge a book by its cover, or should we?

3 - Our genes (genetics) are related to our habits

5 - Identify yourself and know what’ll work for you

7 - CBE: Career Best Efforts, the real little things that compound over time

10 - When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different

Shoutout to Scott Adams, Zachary Call, CPA, Mike Michalowicz

13 - Measure what matters and improve on that

14 - Peak motivation: How do we get there?

17 - Finding the balance in getting there and not losing yourself

Shoutout to Ron Baker

18 - Who knew sparkling water gives you variable rewards?

21 - We got your accounting and we’re not gonna judge, Accounting Vice!

Shoutout to David Leary

22 - The downside of creating good habits

25 - Autopilot: not being as mindful or aware of your habits and how it becomes boredom

26 - Advantages of having an accountability buddy

30 - There’s always light at the end of the tunnel

Shoutout to Nikole Mackenzie, CPA

32 - Why this book is being reread and how it’s been an instrument to reset or to check-in

35 - Success is not a goal to reach or a finish line to cross

36 - Lack of self-awareness is poison

39 - Self-control is difficult because it’s not satisfying

41 - Being curious is better than being smart

42 - Your actions reveal how badly you want something

45 - We can only be rational and logical after we have been emotional

48 - Capping of this mini-series, we hear what are Scott and Twyla’s final thoughts on it.

Shoutout to Kenji Kuramoto

52 - We’ll grow into AccountingLife

55 - Be careful with control

57 - Is Atomic Habits worth a 5-star rating?