Best Practices for Handling Mistakes

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By Michelle Long and Sandi Leyva
The Ultimate Accounting Virtual Conference

We’ve all made a mistake. Admit it; we have all made a mistake before. Maybe we missed a deadline or you posted things to the wrong account or overlooked something. What’s a mistake you made before?

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The first time I made a mistake I thought the world was going to end. I was devastated and thought my future and having my own firm was over. I’m out of business because I messed something up.