Accountant’s Big Mouth Gets Him In Trouble

Caught-up with my daughter for brunch on the weekend.

It’s something we try and do every fortnight and it gives us a chance to see what’s happening in each other’s lives.

This mainly consists of me listening to her talk about her musical endeavours and her listening to me talk about the economic and political ramifications of trade wars and currency devaluations.

(It’s a complex relationship we have)

This time, however, my daughter had important news.

She informed me that she had given-up red meat.

She informed me of this whilst she was eating her bacon and eggs.

Nothing to do with any health reasons … something about carbon and packaging and imports.

To be honest, I kinda tuned-out as my mind was still concerned about China’s next move in the devaluation wars.

Now as any responsible parent knows, when your child announces something of importance to them, you’re supposed to encourage them.

Nurture that interest so it flourishes and develops.

I’m afraid I lapsed.

I simply said “That’s nice”.

Now for the benefit of all parents out there … particularly fathers … “that’s nice” is apparently code for “I knew you wouldn’t agree with me on this and you should be at the United Nations doing your bit for the planet and … Oh God! … you are the WORST father in the world!”

Pretty impressive stuff.

Anyway, managed to navigate the quagmire of teenage daughters’ beliefs and sail into the calmer waters of Christmas plans.

But when I’d returned home, I realised something of which we’d both been guilty.

Something that seems to be endemic in the world today, whether it be business or social.

We were both guilty of trying to impose our values or beliefs onto each other.

It comes down to one of the psychological stances everyone carries.

The need to be right.

But you can’t be right for everybody because everybody doesn’t carry the same values and beliefs.

And if you recognise and understand this, you can benefit from it in your business by not being all things to all people.

In fact, repelling people … if done correctly and not with ill intent … can be one of the greatest assets to your business.

Something you won’t usually hear from an accountant.

But for now, I’ll prepare myself for a week of no replies to texts sent to my daughter.

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