EP379: Nancy Gwynne-Vaughan - Tips To Get Your Business Back On Track

Michael Palmer: And they had this checklist that they had developed for an emergency in a plane. And it's, you know, check this, check this, check this. And then the next item on the checklist is fly the plane. Because they realized that when you're in emergency mode and you're freaking out because your plane is starting to go down and you're losing control and you're checking, checking, checking, checking, you forget you still have to fly the plane. 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'm your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be a fantastic one. Our returning guest is the president of Graham Consulting and Training, which is a company that provides practice management and bookkeeping services to law firms. Nancy Gwyn Vaughan, welcome back to the podcast. Thank you so much, Michael, and I'm delighted to be here again. You are my favorite guest. And thank you. Yes, I love having you on. I'm always channeling you when I'm doing episodes because of our relationship over the years, your insight into the industry. And, and so it's always a pleasure to have you on the show. And for those listeners that maybe haven't heard any of the previous interviews that we've done, I'd love for you to tell us a little bit about your background leading up to this point and then let's get into what's been going on with you.

Guest: Yeah, absolutely. And thank you so much for those very kind words. So I started out not having a clue what I wanted to do with my life and I was in university and I kept switching majors and I thought, you know what, I'm just going to get a job until I figure out what I want to be when I grow up. My father was a lawyer. I worked in his office, so I went and got a job with a lawyer because that's what I knew, and I stayed there 20 years. I did law clerk work. I managed his office, and our bookkeeper quit, and he didn't want to hire a new one, and so I learned to do the books. And over the years, I discovered a real love for that, and when we parted ways, instead of going with another law firm, I chose to open a bookkeeping business working exclusively with