Inspiring episodes + interviews, helping shape the future for entrepreneurs, business owners + experts in their field.

Tune into the Business Habitat podcast with Sam Dean.

[Previously known as ‘The In Demand Accountant’ podcast].

In our expert professional services businesses, where the rules were written last century and the world keeps changing around us...how do we as experts who have spent years, sometimes decades getting our technical skills to the ultimate level and proportionally little time learning the ones required to grow our businesses based on our own terms, re-write the rules for ourselves.

That’s the question and this show explores the answers.

Stay tuned and enjoy some brave conversations.

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Episode 118: Managing Time to Reduce Stress and Achieve What Matters, with Brad Aeon

Sam is joined by time management researcher and expert on time, Brad Aeon, to delve into the philosophy of time and how it can be better managed by aligning to your personal goals.

In his TEDx Talk, “The Philosophy of Time Management”, Brad urges the audience to reflect on their relationship with time and live more mindfully by focusing on what’s really important to them as individuals.

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Episode 80: Working Smarter to Build Your Business, in Conversation with Paul Jansz

Sam talks to Paul Jansz of The Professional Partners, an accounting network collaborating with accounting firms and financial advisory firms to offer niche opportunities to their clients,  disrupting the traditional client service model. 

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Episode 40: Bringing Clarity to Your Accounting Practice, with Amy Holdsworth

In Episode 40, Sam has a brilliant conversation with Amy Holdsworth, the CEO and Founder of Clarity Street. Amy and Sam discuss her background and why she started Clarity Street, how we can supercharge our processes as an industry as well as the beliefs that have served our industry well in the past that now need to change going forward.

Amy shares what you need to know about integrating all your applications together and her suggestion for having a fully integrated app stack.

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Episode 28: Mastering efficiency habits (In Demand Accountant Part 2)

In this episode, we’re talking about efficiency loops and the habits you can set up around efficiency in what you do every day. These include the conversations that you have, how you set up your day, the decisions that you make throughout the day, the rest that’s required for efficiency, and also knowing your ‘efficiency magic’.

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