I hear that this year's new IRS Tax Form has only 2 lines:
Line 1. How much did you earn?
Line 2. Send it in!
Ha ha!
I tell my wife this joke every year.
She always groans.
She's an Enrolled Agent -- one of those
highly trained and certified IRS tax experts
we all need about this time every year.
or else it's "
Better luck next year".
Thanks goodness someone in the family
makes an honest living, while I go out to
a party nearly every day. Ha ha.
But I learn important ideas from her all the time.
Let me tell you about one.
She has a small private business, and every
year she prepares tax returns for the same
80-or-so regular clients.
Each year preparing these returns is more efficient.
They're learning to work together more effectively.
I'm real proud of her. Watching her take care
of business teaches me a great lesson about
the value of regular clients.
And just as important, of regular colleagues, too.
This lesson helps all of us, whatever we do.
The lesson is this: With repeat experience and
Given enough time, we can become a team of experts.
Why am I talking about a "team of experts"?
Using experts is the only way those very best among us
It's true -- for whatever project you're working on.
Say, for example, you're planning the music for
your next special event.
On a project like this,
you really ought to enlist p
eople
you work well with
time after time.
People you can count on and who count on you.
You'll know what to expect from each other.
You'll increase the chance of working flawlessly
-- first time, every time.
With your team, every job you do together
gets smoother and easier than the last one.
I love it! This is what we all strive for, right?
Your regular clients and colleagues becoming
your own team of experts.
So here's that tip I promised you:
Assemble your own "team of experts".
Or join one. Or join mine. Know what I mean?
We all develop favorites we work with over
and over. Favorite colleagues. Favorite clients.
People we think of whenever we need some help.
People we see and talk with often, who think of us
whenever the time is right.
Now, I bet we're all in the same boat here.
I'm always strengthening my working relationships.
You too, probably.
It's not rocket science. We all just need to stay
in touch, become friends, and do a perfect job
every time we work together.
Now in my case, you can always count on me
when you need music for a wedding or a party.
I'll help you plan the music and then entertain your guests .
