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Doug's “Just Thinking”

By Douglas H. Thompson, Jr., CPA
President and CEO, CPAmerica International
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10/1/2008: CPAConnect grows stronger – Greater potential exists; CPAmerica president Douglas H. Thompson, Jr., CPA, discusses wide-ranging topics of interest to CPAs.; Read the full story.

9/1/2008: Aim Low. Boring. Aim High. Soaring!; CPAmerica president Douglas H. Thompson, Jr., CPA, discusses wide-ranging topics of interest to CPAs.; Read the full story.

8/1/2008: My 2008 predictions of ‘megatrends’ in public accounting for the next three years; Doug Thompson provides his 2008 predictions of the trends, challenges and opportunities that may impact local CPA firms during the next three to five years.; Read the full story.

7/1/2008: We have three choices – Improve and grow, merge or sell, or die/downsize; Most CPAmerica members have heard me make this statement for at least 15 years. It applies to our firms, to all business entities and to CPAmerica. My choice? It's "Improve and Grow" at least 80 percent of the time when I work with our members on consulting engagements.; Read the full story.

6/1/2008: Amazing numbers at large Southeast firm; CPAmerica president Douglas H. Thompson, Jr., CPA, discusses wide-ranging topics of interest to CPAs.; Read the full story.

5/1/2008: Good times for CPA Mutual: Surplus increased 28% in three years; CPAmerica president Douglas H. Thompson, Jr., CPA, shares his thoughts on wide-ranging topics.; Read the full story.

4/1/2008: Recruiting – Some good news; CPAmerica President Douglas H. Thompson, Jr., CPA, shares his views on a wide range of topics.; Read the full story.

3/1/2008: Don’t be ‘vished’ in 2008; CPAmerica CEO shares wide-ranging thoughts on a variety of subjects.; Read the full story.

2/1/2008: E-mail overload? Try ‘no e-mail Fridays’; The average American professional spends 40 percent of the day dealing with e-mail. Unless we can learn to conquer the glut of e-mail in our inbox, our productivity – and the productivity of those who work with us – will significantly decrease. And, our stress will continue to increase.; Read the full story.

1/1/2008: Set your improvement goals now for 2008; Have you, individually, and your firm as a team, adopted your goals for continued improvement and success in 2008? Do you have a vision of where you want to be one year from now? A vision is a dream. A dream is an idea. A goal is a dream with a deadline.We must dream and set goals if we want to improve. Few things happen by accident.; Read the full story.