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Accounting InformationCan You Play the Drums?
by:
Erin Banister
Once
I was a child, all I wanted from life was to be able to play every instrument under the sun. Pretty lofty goal, right?
I spent a couple decades learning many
instruments, a couple I mastered; with galore of the instruments I considered myself an
average player, but that was ok – at least I could do it! Years went by, I unbroken
learning new instruments, and I was really proud of myself.
One day, I distinct it was time to discover the drums. I started with the snare drum, and I was fair at playing that. Next, the
tri-toms, the bass drum, symbols, and so on. Being the student that I am, I distinct one day to get a drum set. I
worked on it, day in and out, nisus to do several sense out of this set of drums. I banged on them endlessly, troubled
to find
my beat – to do them all activity together piece in my hands. My father, being a kind soul, walked in on me playing my drum set
and said, “You know, you look like a maniac flailing about over there.”
Skip forward several years later. I still have that drum set (in my shed), and I still play it occasionally. No set of lessons, books, or study seems to teach my feet and hands to come as they should with the drums. My beats end up half-witted, and I’ve resigned myself to the fact that 1) I can’t do it all myself and 2) If I need a drummer, I mightiness as well hire a professional.
The moral of my story is, I cognize what I can and can’t achieve. The drums are not my ‘cup of tea’, but I cognize of several
individuals who are really nice at the drums. This is true in my business as well; piece I can keep my books and do my personal
taxes, once
I put all of the accounting/bookkeeping together, I end up flailing like a maniac once again.
Many business owners seem to be under the assumption that they can do it all, that they can be the catch-all keep that their
business needs. In my experience, this is only not true, but can besides do your business look really unprofessional. Your ability to say, “I’m not a web designer” or “I’m not an accountant” or “I don’t cognize my head from a hole in the ground in regards to [fill in the blank]” wish set your business apart from the crowd. I can
give you a great for instance: I cognize next to nothing just about real estate. I cognize it has thing
to do with houses, mortgages,
listings, and showings; but what nice makes that do me? However, I cognize a friend of mine has ample experience in real estate, and this is her niche market. Thus, every inquiry I get just about real estate I send to my friend.
We all forget at one time or another that we can’t do everything, and take on projects we are blatantly not qualified for. It is imperative that we not only find our niche market, but besides numbers out what we cannot accomplish successfully, and pass it on to person who does.
I cannot play the drums, but I am a master at the flute and trombone. I cannot do bookkeeping/accounting, but am a whiz at
marketing and design. How just about you?
Just just about the author:
Erin Bannister is the president of TrinityJacobs – Your Personal Virtual Assistant. Erin’s expertness includes marketing and desktop publishing, amongst another body
specialties. For
more information, visit http://www.TrinityJacobs.com
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