Welcome my little accounting baby!

You are about to begin the Hero's Journey to sole trader accounting mastery - and you're the Hero! If you don't feel like a Hero yet, don't worry - every Hero is a Zero at the start of the journey.

I encourage you to think of this journey as an adventure, not a chore. A treasure hunt, with the treasure being the confidence to handle the accounting stuff and feel like a 'grown-up' business owner.

On this adventure you'll face some challenges, but if you keep going, you'll discover you're far more capable than you think. So, if it gets hard or overwhelming at any point, just keep swimming, and you'll find yourself in calmer waters soon enough.


Course Overview

Feedback: Welcome to Get Ready for That Accounting Stuff

Welcome

Identify and reprogram your negative beliefs around money and accounting.

Lesson: Take Out The Trash

Quiz: Money Relationships, Cunning Plans

Exercise: Discover and Re-program Your Negative Beliefs Around Money and Accounting

Feedback: Take Out The Trash

Take Out The Trash

Learn what accounting is exactly, what the cash vs accrual basis of accounting is, and what a Chart of Accounts - the cornerstone of any accounting system - is.

Lesson: What the Hell is Accounting?

Quiz: Accounting Process, Cash vs Accrual Basis, Chart of Accounts

Exercise: Create Your Chart of Accounts

Feedback: What the Hell is Accounting?

What the Hell is Accounting?

Find out what a Profit and Loss Statement, a Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement are, and their order of importance for sole traders.

Lesson: What the Hell Are Financial Statements?

Quiz: Accounting Equation, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statement

Exercise: Create Your Profit & Loss Report

Feedback: What the Hell Are Financial Statements?

What The Hell Are Financial Statements?

Learn the different types of accounting systems, and how to decide which type is right for you.

Lesson: What the Hell is an Accounting System?

Quiz: Accounting Systems

Exercise: Work Out Which Type of Accounting System is Right For Your Business

Feedback: What the Hell is an Accounting System?

What The Hell Is An Accounting System?

In this lesson you'll learn the difference between bookkeeping and accounting, and whether you can DIY it, or you should leave it to the professionals.

Lesson: Do I Need a Bookkeeper? Do I Need an Accountant?

Quiz: DIY or Outsource?

Exercise: A Doozy of An Exercise

Feedback: Do I Need a Bookkeeper? Do I Need an Accountant?

Do I Need A Bookkeeper? Do I Need An Accountant?

Now that you've completed this course, let's find out what's next on your Hero's Journey to accounting mastery.

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The Next Step on Your Accounting Hero's Journey - Accounting Primary School

What's Next?

Are you a micro-business owner with no idea where to start with the money stuff? This is for you! Take your first 'baby steps' in the journey from Accounting Zero to Accounting Hero, and build a solid foundation for our other accounting courses.

Get Ready For That Accounting Stuff - Online Self Paced

Anna Mitchell

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