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9/10 people take the standard deduction, which is a fixed amound (based on income?).

Itemized deductions are more accurate, but require much more record keeping.

I started a weekly meeting with the other managers to discuss what we're impeded by, how we can improve, and track progress we're making.

Having a regular check in let's us align priorities and strategies so we can give better guidance to the team.

The IRS has a pay as you go system and requires businesses to submit estimated quarterly taxes that are finalized in their annual return. When employees declare dependencies in their W-4, taxes are calculated and paid for them by the employer. Employees only need to submit an annual return with their W-2, along with any other info, and often get a return amount.

What is the average lifespan of an employee?

Why are teammates quitting?

What is the turnover rate?

What are the consequences of turnover?

A great website is a combination of factors.

It looks good, it's well structured, and it works great.

If you start simple, you can avoid complexity that is hard to structure, and avoid creating features that are confusing to use.

If you lay down some work that's not quite right and then add some more, now you have 2 problems.

If you improve your first iteration before moving on, now you have no problems.

The Flow state is when your mind is focused and you're seamlessly going from one task to the next, getting a lot of work done.

What is flow?

When you're riding a bike, your motions are rhythmic and repetitive. You can pedal faster or slower, but either way your movement is efficiently moving you forward and you can feel the progress.

As creative professionals, we could be in the flow, or dragging our feet and the day's output will be wildly different.

How do you bring something up to get it addressed? The person with the problem may not speak up, so it helps to ask. That goes for managers or anyone on the team.

However, it's up to leaders and managers to reach out and make sure people are happy in their role. It can be difficult for people who are more focused on creative or logical thinking to know when and how to stick their hand up. By opening the door to input and feedback, you can build trust in the relationship, so that things can be expressed freely and avoid issues

Do you have high performing employees? What about a high performing team?

What does performance really mean, and how do we measure and improve?

What are the drivers and inhibitors of performance? How can you increase your own performance, and the performance of a team?

When I think about performance, I consider sports cars. They are designed to be fast and sleek, real outliers on the road and capable of doing everything they appear to.

When I begin working with a client, we need to find out what's going on, and how I can help.

I need to share my perspective and how my process will deliver results. I need to get access to people to see how they operate and work together.

The product of this audit will be an analysis of the current situation and how much is already in place and working well. It will list factors and suggestions that impact performance that we can address through additional engagements.

Designers practice User Experience Design to create usable interfaces and systems. They need to understand the experience of the user as they interact with the system in order to craft a solution that engages the user and makes the interaction easy and hassle free. Users choose software that works for them, so good UX is important for tech companies to stay in business amongst competitors.