Monthly Archives: July 2011

July 27, 2011
8:57 am
by: Briana Cavanaugh

Values-Based Accounting: Part Two – Determining Your Values

A value must meet seven criteria: It must be prized and cherished It must be chosen from among alternatives It must be chosen freely, without coercion It must be chosen after thoughtful consideration of the consequences of each alternative, not … Continue reading →

Posted in accounting, bookkeeping, business, coaching, free, goals, implementation, money, organizing, planning, quadruple bottomline, self-care, technology, tools, values

July 26, 2011
8:32 am
by: Briana Cavanaugh

Money Matters When You’re Talking About Money

So I saw something that looked like a big financial headline today. Akin to “Oh Noes! American’s More Worried about Money Than Anything Else! Ever!” As it turns out, this is what they were talking about. Just to be clear, … Continue reading →

Posted in math is hard

July 25, 2011
8:29 pm
by: Briana Cavanaugh

How much is $15 trillion dollars anyway?

I thought this visualization of US debt was cool. And by cool I mean made the numbers seem more real to me. It would be more interesting if they did this with $20 bills because it’s really rare for me … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool!, math is hard, money

July 20, 2011
6:25 pm
by: Briana Cavanaugh

The Real Cost of Tax Cuts – Top line, Bottom line

There’s a lot of talk about budgets and budget cuts and all manner of idealogical stuff around budgets from two seemingly polar opposite sides. A budget is pretty simple actually. (No wait! really let me explain!) Budget: noun an estimate … Continue reading →

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July 20, 2011
8:12 am
by: Briana Cavanaugh

Values-Based Accounting – Part One: Where to Start?

One of the things that I’m best at is helping people work in alignment with their values. I was talking to some folks the other day that made me realize again that for most people money is their life’s energy. … Continue reading →

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July 18, 2011
8:17 am
by: Briana Cavanaugh

Are you really a contractor?

There’s a set of questions that I get frequently: Am I/Is this person a contractor or an employee? (Or some version of, “do I have to pay payroll taxes for…” The IRS has information about this here. It has all … Continue reading →

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