An entrepreneur hired accountants to clean up his books, but they quit two weeks later, saying the mess was unmanageable. The rejection stung, but it forced him to admit he had no business doing bookkeeping and shouldn't stretch into work outside his wheelhouse.
I asked a few trusted advisors what to do. They pretty much all said the same thing. Feras, stop nickel-and-diming your time. Outsource the headache. Being a good student and a good listener, I did what they advised. I outsourced my accounting. 2 weeks later, the accounting firm we hired called for a meeting. At the meeting, the senior partner and the owner Both showed up. Not a good sign. They politely fired us. Our accounting books were such a mess, the accounting company didn't want to deal with it. Ouch. To say it bruised my ego would be a huge understatement. But you know what? That was my wake-up call. I had no business doing bookkeeping in the first place. And you probably have no business doing some of what you're doing either.
