Paul Sweeney Accountant
Accountant / Business Coach and Advisor/ Speaker / Podcast Host. Paul Sweeney brings over 25 years of hands-on experience in accounting and business advisory to the forefront. Paul is a dynamic speaker and host of The Business Behind Your Business podcast, leveraging his passion for business to engage audiences with conversations to help your business grow and thrive. https://linktr.ee/paulsweeneyaccountant
You've built a business. But does it need you to survive?
29 July 2026 Can it run without you? ↓ Hello Reader, Early in my career, I sat across the table from a man who had run his business for over 40 years. He was proud of what he'd built. His wife was there, excited about the retirement they'd been planning. He asked the question that had brought them into the meeting. How much can we sell the business for? The senior partner I was working with shook his head slowly. And then said something I've never forgotten. "Your business is worth nothing....
What Monday morning tells you that Friday never will
22 July 2026 Monday morning habits ↓ Hello Reader, Most cash flow problems don't arrive without warning. They build slowly, quietly, in the gap between what the business is owed and what's actually sitting in the bank. By the time it feels like a crisis, the warning signs have usually been there for weeks. They just weren't being looked at regularly enough to act on. That's why the timing of when you check your cash position matters more than most owners realise. A monthly report tells you...
Profitable on paper. Tight in practice. Here's why.
15 July 2026 Cash & clarity out of step ↓ Hello Reader, There's a version of business stress that doesn't show up in the profit and loss. The revenue is there. The margins are reasonable. On paper, the business is doing what it's supposed to do. But it still feels tight. Decisions feel harder than they should. There's a low-level pressure that doesn't go away, even in a good month. This is one of the most common things I see. And it's one of the least talked about. Because when the numbers...
You already know what to focus on. That's not the problem.
8 July 2026 Protect your priorities ↓ Hello Reader, Ask most business owners what they should be working on, and they can tell you. They know the things that would move the business forward. They know the decisions that have been sitting too long. They know where the gaps are. The knowledge isn't the issue. The issue is that knowing what matters and actually protecting time for it are two completely different things. The week has a way of filling itself. Not with bad decisions — with...
The new financial year won't fix what you carry into it
1 July 2026 Reset your habits ↓ Hello Reader, Today is the first day of a new financial year. For a lot of business owners, there's a quiet sense of reset that comes with that. A clean slate. A chance to do things differently. The problems of the last twelve months feel like they belong to a different period now. That feeling is understandable. It's also worth being careful with. Because the new financial year doesn't change the decisions you haven't made yet. It doesn't resolve the...
The year ends whether the plan held or not
24 June 2026 Nothing resets by itself ↓ Hello Reader, A week from now, the financial year closes. For some business owners, that will feel like a natural full stop. The numbers are what they are. The decisions made — or not made — have played out. There's a quiet sense of relief that comes with it, even when the year didn't go exactly as planned. But here's what doesn't change on June 30. The patterns do not reset. The way the week fills up and pushes the important things sideways — that...
Why the best business owners set constraints, not priorities
17 June 2026 Are you directing your week (or just managing)? ↓ Hello Reader, Let’s be honest. You don’t struggle to come up with priorities for the week. The real issue is that there are too many things that still feel worth doing. At the start of the week, that’s not obvious. You’ve thought things through, the work makes sense, and there’s a reasonable sense of direction. Then the week fills up and everything you decided has to compete with what shows up next. Nothing dramatic happens, but...
The mid-year reality check your business plan needs
10 June 2026 Does your plan survive Monday? ↓ Hello Reader, Most business plans don’t fail the day you write them. In fact, writing them feels great. You’ve taken a breath, you’ve got clarity, and the strategy on paper looks incredibly solid. The real test isn’t the strategy. It’s Monday morning. Once the week fills up, reality hits. The phone rings, an unexpected fire pops up, and everyday operations start competing with the big picture you decided on just days earlier. You make a few small,...
Why this is a decision point, not just a busy month
3 June 2026 A busy month is not the same as a clear one ↓ Hello Reader, For many business owners, the next few weeks will disappear quickly. In Australia, we are moving into the end of the financial year. For others reading this, it is the end of another quarter. Different dates. Same problem. This is the point where a lot of unresolved decisions get exposed. Not because something has suddenly gone wrong. Usually because the pace lifts, the pressure sharpens, and anything unclear starts to...
Why motivation fades and structure doesn’t
27 May 2026 Are you relying on motivation? ↓ Hello Reader, Most business owners do not struggle with motivation at the start. They make the decision. They feel the lift that comes with choosing a direction. For a short period, it feels easier to take action because the goal is fresh and the intention is clear. Then the business does what it always does. It fills the week. That is not failure. It is normal. Motivation is a poor operating system for a business. It comes and goes depending on...
Accountant / Business Coach and Advisor/ Speaker / Podcast Host. Paul Sweeney brings over 25 years of hands-on experience in accounting and business advisory to the forefront. Paul is a dynamic speaker and host of The Business Behind Your Business podcast, leveraging his passion for business to engage audiences with conversations to help your business grow and thrive. https://linktr.ee/paulsweeneyaccountant