232 *You Can* Master Your Time and Calendar, with Dawn Goldberg

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Many accountants and CPAs (and business owners!) struggle to manage their time and use it to get done what they want. 

When they lose a grip on time, the tendency is to work more hours than they want to. 

Here today to talk with me about this is Dawn Goldberg, the author of “The Smarter Accountant.”

Dawn shares how accountants and CPAs can get better and more effective with their time. 

It includes 5 simple steps:

1. Plan your time. 

2. Avoid running off of to-do lists. 

3. Manage your mind before, during, and after. 

4. Follow through on your plan. 

5. Assess so that you can learn from your experiment. 

Highlights:

— “Working off of a to-do list is the most ineffective way to manage your time because the human brain gets very overwhelmed with a list of things to do, because it cannot put things into context.” 

— “Planning saves so much time. When you make decisions ahead of time you reduce decision fatigue throughout the week.” 

— “You absolutely have to first learn how to manage your mind before you can manage your time.”

— “Our brain thinks everything is urgent and so important. So we have to decide on purpose what is important.” 

— “You will be amazed at how much more you can get done if you put a boundary around your time.”

Connect with Dawn:

Website: https://thesmarteraccountant.com/

Podcast: https://cpamoms.com/podcasts/

Episode mentions:

193 Create the Exact Business You Want: Introducing The Model

https://www.businessstrategyforcpas.com/193

218 Mindset Coaching for More Powerful Results, with Emma Richter

https://www.businessstrategyforcpas.com/218

Dawn’s book:

The Smarter Accountant: How To Eliminate Stress and Overwhelm, Create More Time, Gain a Competitive Advantage, and More!

https://www.amazon.com/Smarter-Accountant-Eliminate-Overwhelm-Competitive/dp/B0B7QFYW8N