Pay Varies When Performance Varies

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By Bill Reeb and Dominic Cingoranelli
CPA Trendlines / Succession Institute

An important point to keep in mind is that we, as human beings, have good months and bad ones, good years and bad ones.

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What is going on in our personal lives has a lot to do with how we perform in our professional ones. Therefore, if someone is going through a difficult time, such as a divorce, death in the family, major conflicts with extended family, etc., we can expect those events to spill over into our work life.