𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧?

I heard a podcast that mentioned there’s a 23% decline in students entering the field of accounting because they think it’s boring. It can’t be that boring if there’s a movie modeled after the profession starring Ben Affleck called “The Accountant”.

Besides all 3 striving for excellence, there are some commonalities between them.
·       Accountants need to have a strong understanding of financial principles and mathematical acumen.
·       Psychologists connect with their clients on an interpersonal level understanding concerns and offer problem solving.
·       Rockstars are talented and connect with the audience using their creativity.

Daily, I need to be all 3 – I’m a great accountant with exceptional investigative skills, a psychologist to get my clients through tough financial situations and a rockstar to use my creativity to show how I add value to firms that staff personnel can’t provide.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 – 𝐂𝐅𝐄’𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.

·       Investigation of the Britney Spears conservatorship
·       Michael Oher & Touhy Case based on the movie “The Blindside”
·       Lindsay Lohan’s Financial Problems with the IRS
·       Kim Kardashian Divorce from Kanye West
·       Kanye West’s Yeezy brand
·       Michael Jackson’s Estate
·       Celebrities defrauded by Bernie Madoff
·       PPP Fraud
·       Healthcare Fraud 


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