"Back to Basics"

I have always been an accountant at heart, and I studied accounting in High School in Kenya.

I remember the teachers stressing the importance of understanding the debits and the credits and the accounting formula (assets = liabilities + Shareholder’s Equity).

It did not make sense to my young brain why they would harp on such a basic concept.

When I attended the university and took advanced accounting, the professors did the same thing.

I remember classmates complaining, especially since there is computer software that could enter the debits and the credits and spit out reports.

They did not understand why we needed to understand the basics of accounting.

And the professors said it was for us to understand the reports the programs were producing and tell if they were correct as human error happens.

I still did not get it until I worked for an organization and noticed that the income statement was off.

Without understanding the simple debits and credits, we would not have been able to correct a human error.

I say all this because, in business and goal creation, we need to understand the basics to create what we want and, most importantly, recreate what we want.

If we find ourselves with or without the goals we want, do we understand step by step why or why not?

If we have been successful in one area, can we recreate it in another area because we know the basics of how the success was created?

Not understanding or being aware of the basics has too many businesspeople struggling and working harder than necessary.

I help my clients break down the basics, understand them and use them to create what they want.

The bonus is they are not only able to take the basics to other goals; they too can teach others to recreate the any goals.

Tony Robbins says, “Success leaves clues,” and not knowing what the clues have cost us time, money, and success.

If you are ready to “get back to basics” and understand what creates success, I can help you.