This email will reach you just before Christmas and the end of another year and the beginning of my 27th year serving the accounting profession.
I could use it to talk to you about how PE EBITDA multiples are growing in accounting firm valuations and the causes behind that.
I could talk to you about the evergreen topics of pricing, pipeline, recruitment, talent retention etc but that’s what the bullet has been all year and will be next year too.
So, at this time, whether you celebrate something or not, it’s a time used by many as a period of reflection, reset and resolution.
If I could encourage you to do anything, I’d encourage you to invest in improving the quality of your relationships by which I mean at home, in the office, in the client base, in the supplier base etc just by taking the time to reach out to them.
These 27 years have taught me that language controls conversations, conversations control relationships and relationships control pretty much all the peace and prosperity that you’ll ever experience in life.
Thank you for reading the bullet in 2024 and I wish you as much peace and prosperity as you can handle on our next trip around the sun.
To your success,
Martin Bissett
