When Ambition Costs Too Much
Women in accounting know how to evaluate an investment, calculate a return, and explain opportunity cost to a client. So why are we so bad at doing the same thing for ourselves?
Nancy McClelland is joined by Marit Burmood for a candid conversation about ambition, opportunity, and the cumulative cost of saying yes. From speaking engagements and leadership roles to new clients and professional recognition, they explore how individually worthwhile opportunities can add up to a career, and a life, that looks nothing like what we intended.
Drawing on their own experiences, Nancy and Marit examine the pressure to keep proving ourselves, the hidden costs of visibility and success, and how to audit our commitments against what we genuinely want from our professional and personal lives. Because an opportunity can be wonderful and still not be worth what it costs us.
Resources
Intuit Connect - Celebrate Women in Accounting Cabana Splash! - https://luma.com/gmyj5fzt
Intuit Connect - She Counts! Women in Accounting Takeover - https://intuitconnect.braindate.com/braindates/309467
Marit Burmood on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/marit-burmood/
Marit Burmood on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the_extroverted_accountant/
Marit Burmood CPA - https://www.maritburmoodcpa.com/
Flair Financial - https://www.flairfinancial.net/about
Marit’s husband on IG - https://www.instagram.com/the_extreme_accountant/
Theatre of Public Speaking - https://publicspeaking.mistymegia.com/?ref=857055
Mariette Martinez on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariettemartinez/
Jennifer Dymond on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenndymond/
Justine Lackey on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinelackey/
Sharrin Fuller on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharrinfuller/
Deb Kilsheimer on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/debliberate/
Robina Bennion on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robina-bennion/
Diana Gleason on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianagleason/
Erin Pohan on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinpohan/
WAVE-Austin - https://waveaustin.com/
David Leary on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidleary/
Joy of Missing Out (JOMO) - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/happiness-is-state-mind/201807/jomo-the-joy-missing-out
Roger Knecht’s GrowCon - https://universalaccountingschool.com/get-ready-for-growcon-meet-roger-knecht/
Melissa Miller Furgeson on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissamillerfurgeson/
Misty Schachtell Megia on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/misty-schachtell-3a634a2/
Lynnette Oss Connell - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynnette-oss-connell/
Ask a CPA community for bookkeepers - https://aska.cpa/
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