EP399: Success Stories Celebrating Canadian Bookkeeping Week

Michael Palmer: is I think the biggest success is that every time you deal with someone, that conversation has an impact. And it's how do you want that conversation to impact that person, because that's how they're going to remember you and also how they're going to answer every email you send to them and every phone call. So, always making sure that, you know, you kind of put yourself in their shoes, right? Like, they might be having a bad day or anything else. It's more of just making sure that you're constantly building that relationship, and it's not just when you need things. Kind of making sure that you build that foundation, you know, throughout the year or every week, depending how well you deal with them and not just when you need something. You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help you increase your confidence, work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by purebookkeeping.com, the proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome back to The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I am your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be a special one. We are celebrating the Canadian Bookkeeping Week with a 3-person panel. Introducing Jonathan Carter of CADA Accounting, Caroline Francis of KNF Consulting for You, and returning guest Melissa Lennos of King Business Solutions. Welcome to the show, all of you. Thanks. Thanks, Michael. It's great to have you. So how this episode is going to work is I'm going to ask questions of the group and then we're going to ask a question, we'll respond, and we'll just let it be like a great big bowl of popcorn. Sounds good. Sounds great. So let's start off with how did you get into bookkeeping? That popcorn's not popping yet. We got that hotter air. We need it. Go ahead, Melissa. How about you? Or Caroline? Sure. Carolina.

Speaker D: Sorry, it's all good. Carolina is perfect. Um, I started off working actually in corporate doing accounting, so originally I was pursuing my CGA and working in a corporate environment as an accountant and then moving in as a controller. And that would've been back in the 2000s, to age myself a little bit. Okay, okay, wow. And so a long history, and I'm sure we'll jump into that. Jonathan, go ahead. I was just gonna say that sounds very similar to my story. I started my designation while overseas and the