Do you ever leave a meeting wondering, “What did we actually accomplish?”

Or worse—do you leave with more on your plate than when you started?

Meetings should help us connect, plan, and move forward. But too often, they feel like a productivity black hole, draining time and energy without clear results.

• Why do some meetings feel like a waste of time?
  
• What’s happening in your brain that makes long meetings exhausting?
  
• How can you make meetings more effective (without adding more work to your plate)?

In this week’s episode I'm tackling one of the biggest time wasters in an accountants work day - ineffective meetings.

I’ll break down why meetings go wrong, what’s really happening in your brain during those endless discussions, and practical ways to ensure every meeting is worth your time.

Because every hour in an ineffective meeting is an hour you could have spent on real work.

In this episode, I discuss:

✅ The Biggest Issues with Ineffective Meetings
✅ Why Meetings Can Be Productivity and Time Killers
✅ The Brain Science Behind Effective Meetings
✅ Busting Myths About Meetings
✅ Strategies for Holding More Effective Meetings
✅ Becoming a Smarter Accountant: Learning To Have More Effective Meetings
✅ Key Takeaway And Action Item

Tune in to The Smarter Accountant Podcast today and join the discussion about the Smarter Accountant's guide to more effective meetings.

You can read the full show notes HERE

You can take the 5-minute Smarter Accountant Quiz HERE

You can download The Smarter Accountant Podcast Guide HERE

Have you ever told yourself, “I’ll start when I feel more motivated”—only to keep putting it off?

Do you ever wonder why some people seem to push through no matter what, while you’re stuck waiting for that elusive spark of motivation to finally kick in?

And here’s the big one—what if I told you that motivation isn’t actually the key to getting things done?

In this week’s episode of The Smarter Accountant Podcast, I’m breaking down why motivation is overrated—and what actually works instead. Because let’s be honest, if motivation were the answer, wouldn’t we all be crushing our to-do lists every single day?

The truth is, motivation is fleeting. It’s unreliable. And if you’re waiting for it to show up before you take action, you might be stuck waiting forever.

So what do the most productive accountants rely on instead?

Listen in and find out.

In this episode, I discuss:

✅ The Fleeting Nature of Motivation
✅ What’s More Effective Than Motivation?
✅ The Brain Science Behind Why Motivation is Overrated
✅ How To Build What Actually Works
✅ Becoming a Smarter Accountant: Successfully Managing His Workload Despite a Lack of Motivation
✅ Key Takeaway And Action Item

Tune in to The Smarter Accountant Podcast today and join the discussion about why motivation is overrated (and what actually works).

You can read the full show notes HERE

You can take the 5-minute Smarter Accountant Quiz HERE

You can download The Smarter Accountant Podcast Guide HERE

Have you ever expected a client to be difficult—and then, somehow, everything they did seemed to prove you right? Or convinced yourself you’re not great at something, only to keep finding “evidence” that confirms it?

What if your brain was just filtering reality to match what you already believe?

That’s exactly what we’re diving into on this week’s episode.

Confirmation bias is your brain’s built-in spotlight—it highlights what you expect to see and ignores everything else. And here’s the interesting part: it’s always running in the background, whether you realize it or not.

✔️ Think you’re bad at delegating? Your brain will find proof of every past failure and conveniently ignore your successes.
✔️ Believe a coworker is difficult? You’ll notice every frustrating interaction and miss the times they’re actually helpful.
✔️ Feel like you’re constantly behind? Your brain will focus on every moment of stress while filtering out the times you were on top of things.

The good news is that once you understand how confirmation bias works, you can use it to your advantage—rewiring your brain to focus on thoughts that empower you instead of holding you back.

In this episode, I discuss:

✅ What Exactly Is Confirmation Bias?
✅ Why Confirmation Bias Matters for Accountants
✅ The Brain Science Behind Confirmation Bias
✅ How to Turn Confirmation Bias Into an Advantage
✅ Becoming a Smarter Accountant: Dealing With Confirmation Bias As An Accountant
✅ Key Takeaway And Action Item

Tune in to The Smarter Accountant Podcast today and join the discussion about confirmation bias.

You can read the full show notes HERE

You can take the 5-minute Smarter Accountant Quiz HERE

You can download The Smarter Accountant Podcast Guide HERE