How to Make Your Assets Greatly Exceed Your Liabilities is a powerful little book for those on the cusp of pursuing a professional career in accounting, or mid-career. The book is tightly organized into three sections, so you can read what applies to your personal career path and journey. The first six chapters contain must-know advice aimed at college and university students. The next nine chapters focus on early-career professionals (those in the first five or six years of their careers, a critical time to form good habits and give your career a fulfilling trajectory). The final three chapters contain advice that Maginnis knows will benefit accountants of all ages, based on over 40 years of personal experience as a CPA.
Notwithstanding the target audience described, Maginnis says that accountants a bit further along in their careers should also benefit from this book: it will serve as a good refresher or reminder of concepts or principles that are important to their ongoing success. As you would expect from someone who made the journey and has had a successful career, Maginnis delivers sound advice no matter where you are in your own career journey in accounting. Maginnis recognizes that early-career professionals face busy lives and time is precious, so he delivers his advice is succinct chapters and only 150 pages, providing you with essential takeaways and action plans to build out an even more rewarding career.
