99% of accountants report burnout. Dr. Jackie Meyer was one of them.
Over 200 clients. 60 to 80-hour weeks. Midnight emails and 6 AM return reviews. A growing firm with great credentials — and an effective hourly rate of about $50 an hour. Not because she wasn't working hard. Because the model she was working inside was broken.
In this video, Jackie talks honestly about what that season looked like: missing family dinners, missing herself, and the quiet question that kept coming back — is this what success is supposed to feel like?
The answer she landed on: CPAs, EAs, and tax advisors don't burn out because they're lazy. They burn out because compliance work is a treadmill with no finish line, and hourly billing keeps income capped no matter how skilled or efficient you get. You can't outwork a broken model. She tried. She nearly broke herself proving it.
This is the first step in understanding why advisory services change everything — and how redesigning a firm around impact instead of hours makes a real difference.
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