by The Business of Helping | Feb 26, 2015 | Finances, Logistics
Universal Truth. Nobody likes paying taxes. In fact, most people HATE paying taxes. And guess what? It’s that time again….. tax time! For Sole-Proprietors the sneakiest tax of all usually is the Canadian Pension Plan or your CPP contribution. In short...
by The Business of Helping | Nov 15, 2014 | Mindset, Self Care
Trust me, you need a vacation. Although we preach and teach balance and perspective to our clients, helping professionals rarely take their own advice in this area. So many practitioners don’t take time off either due to a sense of obligation to their clients...
by The Business of Helping | Oct 11, 2014 | Logistics, Setup
Depending on how you are planning on branding your business, you are probably going to have to register your business name with the BC Business Registry prior to starting work in your private practice. If you are planning on only using your personal name as your...
by The Business of Helping | Oct 4, 2014 | Branding
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what does your headshot say about you? Does it say you are a trusted professional, or does it say “this was me at a BBQ?” A professional looking headshot can be the difference between a person picking up the phone to...
by The Business of Helping | Sep 14, 2014 | Technology
So there was a Therapist, some Firefighters and a pod of Killer Whales… Sounds like the beginning of a very strange joke, but I promise you it wasn’t very funny (at least at the time – I’m starting to see the humour in it now) So not that long ago, I was over on...
