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We started the series with setting professional goals followed by getting the knowledge edge, skilling oneself and gaining the experience.  This entire exercise may take from 1 to 3 years depending on the decision to specialise or go for a basket of services.

One of the main reasons I personally have been able to have a policy of  not working late is the focus on staff in different ways. In the starting we would appoint anyone who came around when we needed them. We spent a lot of time...

We have set out inspiring goals, got the basic knowledge and gotten into the habit of updating our knowledge, skilling ourselves in identified area for success. One needs to continue to work/ learn on all the area. When I started my office in 1987 ( pre qualification) there was hardly anybody visiting for days together. I wasted those precious years in reading novels!!. However, if I had joined an advocate in indirect taxes I would have moved up the knowledge and experience ladder faster. I...

Many of us old timers have over a period of time made a number of mistakes, got into areas counter productive to our profession and feel less satisfied at the end of the day. Most of us blundered through professional life learning from mistakes many several times and also repeated.

Though we are expected to be the financial trustees to the world/ country, belonging to a “noble profession” we feel inadequate, frustrated by the ground realities. Though we are professionals with...

This article (more a collation of thoughts) is a sequel to the first on goal setting. Many students and practitioners may wonder on whether their dreams and plans would actually be achieved. The structured approach [ using planners, reminder and to do list enabled in any normal software program could be a big support]  to achieve any action would no doubt be a bit challenging at take off stage. Once started inevitably one come across hurdles. The road bumps could detract one from...