Put in the hours!

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When RL was a spitfire he was nice, now the Commies have got him ...

... and I'm getting out of the firing line.

Bye, FT.

Im with red leader, just get some work done!  And thats not a personal dig before you go crying to the moderators again, just an observation that if you have time to post on here you have more than enough to put in the chargeable hours!

are offering good advice.

You seem to realise it by your OP.

I thought you wanted people to read your blog and make comments.

@ Peter -   you should know, he only wants comments that wholly and exclusively agree with him.

I started following FT’s blog a while back. However, after his latest rants I will no longer be reading them. I find it disappointing that he cannot let people post their opinions without biting if he doesn’t agree with their post. I naively presumed that by doing a blog, you opened yourself up to comments that at times you don’t agree with.  You can’t bite at every comment you don’t like FT.  

Please ignore this post FT. This post is written for the benefit of other readers who may find my views & opinions helpful.

I am addicted to FT's blogs and will continue to read them. I am interested in how other people run their practices, and I like the reassurances that other people occasionally think the same way that I do, even though we disagree at times.

I offer help freely to all and sundry. I do not expect anything in return, other than the feel good factor of having tried to help someone. I know Peter is the same, and he knows, as I do, that a response on a thread helps more than just the OP. It could potentially help dozens of people, as many people are too shy, or scared of appearing unknowledgeable to post themselves, but they still benefit from the views & opinions of others.

Even though we don't know each other and I rarely post, I always read your blog and follow the ups and downs of your life. Like Shirley if I have a comment to make that would be helpful then I make it but don't go in too much for opinion... that said...

FT you have said you have periods of feeling low and as someone who also has those times I wonder if you are in one of those periods now and taking things as they are not meant.

It is so easy to misunderstand the written word especially in something as informal as a blog and especially when yoy're not feeling great - go for a long bike ride and find a big hill to freewheel down and whoop as you go.

Please stop pushing people away - most people do try and rub along together most of the times - sometimes we have to accept other people have off days too.

Take care of yourself.

... FT is at a low and he has taken comments on board and did apologise on his previous thread.

I can't see any point cross referencing old threads now as that water has flowed under the bridge already.

FT is lonely I think and his blogs is a way of feeling less isolated and he sometimes posts his current moods and feelings on them to assauge this feeling.

This is obviously one of those threads and although FT has posted some harsh posts, not entirely without provocation (intentional or otherwise) I think a person must be pretty ruthless to not see he is in a dark  and dismal  place at the moment with no torch or matches, and proportion and rationality are not always easy to find in such places.

I would feel pretty ashamed if I had posted some of the comments as the guy is having a hard time, he has no one to sound off too and I do feel some here are behaving less than compassionately. I just hope in the future the batteries in your torches of sympathy don't go flat and your matches of hope don't get soggy.

When cornered we are all apt to lash out, cut the man some slack, read between the lines a bit and, stop poring petrol on the flames, accept his apology and move on. Differing opinions are fine but not personal comments or slights.

I have read this and other of your blogs with interest. I have been in practice just over 4 years and all my clients have been referrals so I have a very different approach to you. The Franchise model is not for me it may be for you. As you have said you are in the due diligence phase. Do not become concerned with chargeable hours and rush your decision nothing in your practice is more important than this decision so take your time.

OGA has said somethings which you should take on board.

Some of your posts are poorly worded and unfortuneately there is a pack mentality which will pounce quickly. most of them are trying to be light hearted and some are even amusing. Dont take it personally.  Good luck in your decision.

ps Flash's comment about location and staff are worth considering

... but it is possible to be lonely when surrounded by people, actually you probably feel it more keenly, especially when they all go home, hang up the phone etc and you are left in solitude!

"I do feel some here are behaving less than compassionately. I just hope in the future the batteries in your torches of sympathy don't go flat and your matches of hope don't get soggy."

"there is a pack mentality which will pounce quickly. most of them are trying to be light hearted and some are even amusing. Dont take it personally."

FT may indeed be very unhappy and lonely. 

What many people dislike is how he sets out the pros and cons clearly as he sees them but some people take a lot of time to give him an analytical response. The vast majority come out with a different decision to that which he does. Rather than explain why he's reached a different conclusion he lashes out with accusations of people "having an agenda" as if we are trying to steer him away from a decision that will benefit him. In fact, we are trying to stop him making a decision that could cost him his livelihood. 

AccountingWeb is a great vehicle for providing support for people who could be professionally isolated. People should give the support in the right manner. People receiving that support would benefit more if they accepted it in the right manner.

Terms like "brainwashing" may seem harsh but FT has history with AVN when he came back from a seminar after signing up and saying how fantastic they were only for him to cancel his subscription a few days later. Now he comes back from a meeting saying how fantastic the business is and as soon as the business defends themselves by questioning the motives of those who are trying to help him he jumps on the same bandwagon. It is hard to come to any conclusion other than "brainwashing" is a factor.

Hopefully, FT will enjoy his holiday and come back wanting to build his business by making the right decisions and working hard. Blogging, if done the right way, can help in the process.

How?

... it is not the message but the delivery that is the problem? Posts on this type of topic need to be dispassionately delivered, especially when on someone's blog, not a general forum. To me a blog is like being invited to read someones diary, and you should be sensitive to that.

They also need to be isolated, and not linked, whether specifically or by implication to other earlier threads. Not everyone on here will know or care about the history, they are just dealing with the current topic.

... when invited in someones house, the well mannered would take their shoes off before entering, and not tread mud in the carpet!

But then most diary writers would know not to leave their diary around for someone to read if they weren't okay with having their private thoughts seen by others.....

In my neighbour's house its preferable to keep your shoes on in case you step in something unmentionable.....

I would never ask a visitor to remove their shoes, and am always embarrassed when asked to do so by people I visit. I actually feel that I am not welcomed.

It would be different if I'd been a long hike with the dog and was covered in rain, mud, dog hair, etc, but I wouldn't go in, I'd stay outside and say what I needed on the doorstep.

I wouldn't tell all and sundry what was going on in my life and appear to be open to comments and advice yet as soon as a person gave me some advice tell them to mind their own business.

FT was rude to Miss Accounting. It doesn't matter if he is cracking up or not. He could still be polite to her. When FT phoned me and subsequently swore at me down the phone and came to my house ranting and raving I didn't look for analogies. I took it for what it was.

I was brought up to remove my shoes the second I stepped over the doorstep & god help me if I didn't so even as an adult I still do so at home and at other peoples. Its a good habit when I've been out with the dog as my shoes are filthy but I'd love to be more relaxed the rest of the time. Particularly since my dog doesn't give a stuff and will happily charge up the stairs dropping bits of dirt on the way. I don't mind visitors keeping their shoes on, though not upstairs where its carpet. It's bad enough getting the cat vomit stains out without adding to it! You could come to visit though Shirley because I'd be embarrassed about asking someone to remove their shoes!

I blame my mother!!

I'm now thinking 'shoes on, shoes off, wax on, wax off'...... Thank goodness it's Friday.

... some say considerate.

I always take my shoes off when I get home, why should I be different when visiting. I would feel more awkward if I made dirty marks on a new cream carpet! I forgot up north they have rush mats for flooring, much more practical as you can go and cut some new ones when they get  dirty - besides, you'd be continually on/off with the shoes backwards and forwards to the privy.

Outdoor shoes are for outdoors, slippers for indoors - never go anywhere without mine :o)

As for wax, I prefer a razor :oP

PS. we have a towel by the door for the dog, she is trained to sit and lift her paws to get them dried when she comes in.

I thoroughly enjoy your blog and miss you when you are not there. I think other people gravitate towards your blogs which is shown by the number of responses you get (good or bad).

Take pride in that! :)