Accounting Lifeline with Liz Scott

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How did Liz get into accounting?
Her family background.
Why didn’t Liz become a programmer?
Important to constantly try to better your skills and education
Liz is a die hard Microsoft Fan, vs. Seth is a Google Fan, they talk about the main differences in each software and why they each love their own
Seth’s goal is to produce content 100% of his time , Liz is on the same boat where she does not want to do one on one meetings anymore
For years Doug Sleeter told Seth to stop doing one on ones, not worth Seth’s time

Liz asks Seth about Notion, she loves AirTable, she found it watching one of Seth’s video and would like to know more about when Seth decides to use Notion and when he decides to use AirTable. Seth explains how Notion and AirTable can each handle different tasks and things you would like to do. Seth learned Notion, by discovering the forward slash in Notion and exploring each thing it can do. He elaborates each one has its own use case for it. Database tables aren’t as great on Notion than AirTable.
Seth will always use both AirTable and Notion, it’s all about the right tool for the right job. He will base it based off which app will get the job done better for the client.
Liz thinks Notion is easier to understand, she wishes there was something in Microsoft similar to AirTable. Seth adds, that they do have something similar but not exactly like AirTable.
How many times do you find yourself clipping something and you don't know where to put it. That is where the journal comes in? When this happens, throw things in your journal then find a home for them when you have time to organize it.

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Let's look at your processes and find apps that can help you in your process
Seth is able to condense his work day and not feel dressed
Liz has a dear friend, the friend suggested for Liz to make Friday her internal day, a day dedicated to work on your business
You will never progress the business if you are not working on it
1. Carve out a day for your business
2. Start Adding Apps - The right tool for the right job
Seth reading a book now “Come Up For Air” Nick Sonnenberg
Talk about how the books explains you need 5 apps one for Communication (Internal/External) and Seth talks about what he uses and why, how do I organize, categorize and reference information, we need to take the time to archive the information in a proper system . Liz adds, that if you can’t reference it, then you can’t imply it.
American Colossus by HD Wells, and an inspired passage for his weekly emails from the past, teaches about how Cornelius Vanderbilt built his empire, similar to what goes on in today’s world. Liz said that’s how people learn using timelines. Seth adds that our brains don’t work linearly, our brains work geometrically, one is the timeline, and one is in my journal, Time and Space. When you have the understanding of what app serves what purpose you don't get confused

Seth chose to move to Notion for most of the solutions to his processes, but doesn’t recommend that you make that switch if you don’t have the bandwidth to create it from scratch, unless you purchase his Bulletproof Notion Course, which has some templates that can be very useful to you and your clients.

Huge fail for most apps, is much of the workflow tools, and the built-in storage, says Liz
All Seth’s files live in Google Drive, Seth loves it because it integrates great with Notion
Liz says she loves Notion and AirTable, because she can structure her database based on her thoughts, its logical to the way she thinks
Seth talks about his process when he does a forecast for a client and how everything is organized in Notion
People who enjoy apps are creative, says Liz, people like to free-think so Notion and AirTable are for those type of people.
Seth says these systems need to be optimized for retrieval not transmission
Liz explains she loves OneNote, but the problem is she has a hard time turning it into a database
Liz and Seth discuss Process Street, it’s not easy or intuitive for them, huge learning curve involved.
Liz sees the value in process street, but stubs her toe on it.

Seth talks about Notion and the infinite things it can do, “If you can conceive it you can create it” , you have to understand how Notion works and once you do it, then it gets easier to understand and create.
That’s why Seth switched over for ClickUp, his rule is if he has no recollection of something in 6 months, can he still find it today within 30 seconds? If he can then the process is working.
Liz implies that he beauty of having searchable databases is the retrievable ability
Asana worked great at first but then started having retrieval problems, so eventually Seth decided to part ways and that’s when he joined ClickUp.
Liz does not like ClickUp , no way to store information in a way that it’s easy to look up, the other challenge is too much information added in ClickUp then it gets slow, Liz thinks the Monday App works better for her
Seth gives his input on ClickUp and how he loves the mobile app, he says Notion has access to the same things on desktop and mobile app

Seth says the bottom line is as long as your team is able to define which tool is used for what purpose and when
Bigger picture system that reduces or eliminates stress
Make more money working fewer hours while taking care of our mental and physical health
Seth points out the reason we love this industry “most people in this industry just want to help people”