EP507: Lisa Campbell - How To Build A Business Beyond Bookkeeping - Part 1

Speaker C: You learn, you read, you surround yourself with other people. Don't stay isolated behind your computer. You come to things like this, you join groups, you learn what other people are doing. And a lot of it is just understanding the value yourself. 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 in this special 2-episode series recorded live at Accountex Canada 2025 at the Metro Toronto Convention Center, I was joined by Beyond Bookkeeping author and returning guest Lisa Campbell, whose book has inspired bookkeepers around the world to transform their lives and businesses. In part 1 of this conversation, Lisa shares her midnight moment that sparked her journey from burnout to breakthrough, how she shifted her how to shift your mindset from being just a bookkeeper to a business owner, and why understanding your true value is the first step to creating the life and business you really want. Let's dive in right now.

Michael Palmer: Hello, everyone. How are you all today? Okay. Wow. A woo? Hello. A whoop back in the back. Perfect. Well, this is, this is going to be a conversation, and I'd like to welcome— this is actually a live podcast interview with Lisa Campbell. This is The Successful Bookkeeper, and I will just say today is actually kind of a special day for The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. Today we aired our 500th— I can barely say that— our 500th episode. We started the Successful Bookkeeper Podcast back in 2016. Thank you. 2016. And it's been— we're pushing 10 years doing this. 52 episodes every single year, one a week. And the producer is Dave Mendonca at the back. He's the person that finds all of those guests. So if you have been a listener, the big thank you really should go to Dave. All I do is ask the questions. So, but today we are talking about Beyond Bookkeeping, and we have our guest, Lisa Campbell, who has written the book Beyond Bookkeeping, as well as coached and mentored, run her own successful bookkeeping business, and has mentored hundreds, if not thousands, of bookkeepers around the world. To drive their life, their business