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    Can Accountants think motivationally?

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    Don’t worry, I looked it up “Motivationally” is a word. The dictionary said, “the act or instant of  motivating”. One of the quotes that I catch a lot of grief about is a line in The Argument to Automate, where I said that “accountants got into the business of accounting so they wouldn’t have to…

  • What I learn in the last 12 hours about Cost Per Invoice

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    I had an interesting conversation with a person who sells Accounts Payable Automation. She lives and works in San Diego… so the first thing I asked her was, “if you looked out your window do you see any celebrities?” She said, “No.”I thought that people who live in Southern California see celebrities all the time… oh…

  • Thanks for making me change!

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    I once heard that only a wet baby enjoys change. However, if you read any of my books (The 8 Pitfalls or The Argument to Automate), then you will get the picture that going from paper to automated is a big change. Not only is it a big change, but most small to medium size companies in the…

  • 5 Steps to a Cost Per Invoice

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    There are 5 steps to calculating cost per invoice. Can you believe there are only 5? Well, believe it, because that’s all there are. I narrowed it down to these 5 steps after working with a cost per invoice study that took what seemed like 5,000 steps to calculate the cost. It wasn’t actually 5,000 steps, but to me and the client…