Once again, I’m drawing inspiration from the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders podcast.
The picture is from my Instagram feed. That tree shades my parent’s backyard.
Once again, I’m drawing inspiration from the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders podcast.
The picture is from my Instagram feed. That tree shades my parent’s backyard.
I’m still loving the heck out of this Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series from Stanford. The other day, this comment by Kristina Johnson caught me. She’s talking about field hockey and, to be clear, I’m really no athlete. Dancer? Maybe. Always. But I’m not so good with the team sports.
But, like with all good sports quotes, they apply to the world at large. Behold.
Sometimes you are the helper, sometimes you are the person being helped. Each person will likely be both at some point in life.
Last night, I was listening to a podcast from the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture series out of Stanford. (Apparently, not just my books are becoming more business-related now that I’m self-employed).
This specific lecture was by Gale Anne Hurd. It’s OK if you aren’t sure who she is … I didn’t know before the podcast, either. She’s the film producer behind such gems as The Terminator and Aliens. I haven’t seen either of those movies, actually, but that’s not the point.
Ms Hurd spoke eloquently about the film industry when she first arrived; about being a woman in a world of men. She credits her success to two role models, one of whom being Roger Corman. Something she said stuck with me, and I had to capture it.
That image is of the clouds outside my window last night. I’ve been taken with the gorgeous sunsets we’ve had and inspired by Minna May to use them as backdrops for quotes I want to hang on to.
Back when I worked for someone else, I never dreamed of reading business-related books outside of work. I remember when everyone was reading Showdown at Gucci Gulf and I was like, “NERDZ!”. There’d be no non-required business-reading for me, thankyouverymuch, I was done with school!
Ah, youth.
Since then, my father (also a CPA) recommended The Big Short. While about things kinda-related-to-my-profession, The Big Short is written like a thriller and I’d recommend it to everyone CPA or not. Yes, it’s a thriller about the bond market. Just go pick it up at the library. What do you have to lose?
Now, as a newly-minted business owner, I’m gobbling up business books. Or, rather, specific chapters in a wide array of business books. Right now, my focus is marketing – getting my name out there as someone to turn to with accounting queries. Enter, The Ultimate Sales Machine, my current text. I got it used, so I’m already ahead of the game in the money-savings department.
That yellow post-it flag? It marks the Marketing chapter. I’m going to start this bad boy in the middle.