Mastering Your Small Business Finances ~ Money Management, Bookkeeping, Entrepreneurship, Side Hustle, Accounting, Cash Flow, Solopreneur, Strategy, Tax, Virtual Assistant Marketing Mindset QuickBooks

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Leading Yourself Under Pressure is for accountants, CPAs, bookkeepers, tax preparers, business owners, and other high-stress professionals who want to succeed at work without sacrificing their health, relationships, or letting pressure take over their personal lives. Hosted by Chris Panek, CPA and Certified Coach, each episode provides practical insights to help you make better decisions, reduce overwhelm, manage your time, create better boundaries, improve your relationships, reduce stress and burnout, and get more out of your life. I've brought all this work together into what I call The RE*INVENTION™ Process.  This process gives you a practical way to look at what's happening when you're under pressure and decide how you want to respond.  You'll learn how to think more clearly, respond more intentionally, and create a life you truly enjoy. You'll learn how to lead yourself through pressure, even when you can't change your circumstances or everything happening around you, so you can perform without sacrificing your life or well-being. If you've been asking yourself the following questions, you're in the right place.  How do I want to live my life while working in a stressful career that causes a lot of pressure?  How can I develop my self-leadership, self-awareness, self-accountability, self-regulation, self-discipline, self-motivation, self-belief, self-talk, self-management, self-trust, and self-direction skills?  How can I set a boundary?  How should I make a big decision?  How can I stop saying yes when I really want to say no?  How can I prioritize myself and my family?  How can I take more time for myself?  How do I lead myself under pressure when I can't always reduce my workload?  How do I manage myself when, to everyone else, it looks like I've got everything together, but inside I'm exhausted, constantly thinking about what's next, working when I don't want to be working, and putting off the things that are important to me because there simply isn't enough time or energy left?  How often have you said, "I'll deal with that when things slow down"? I know you can't always reduce the workload that's causing the pressure, but you can change how you lead yourself through it.  And that's what this podcast will help you do. Each week, we'll break down topics like productivity, boundaries, emotional resilience, relationships, work-life balance, and personal growth.  Are you ready to Lead Yourself Under Pressure?  Listen in ~ I promise your time will be well spent here!

Publisher

Chris Panek, CPA & Certified Coach For Accountants & High-Stress Professionals

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Dec 2020

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

215 of 445 episodes have a transcript.

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   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   445: How Much You Accomplish Does Not Determine How Valuable You Are A Podcast For Accountants And High-Stress Professionals

   Host Chris Panek, CPA & Certified Coach, explores how accomplishments don't define self-worth for high-stress professionals, offering insights to reduce pressure and enhance life.

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   30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   444: Maintain Self-Leadership Even If You Always Feel Behind A Podcast For Accountants And High-Stress Professionals

   Host Chris Panek, CPA & Certified Coach, shares strategies for accountants and high-stress professionals to maintain self-leadership despite feeling perpetually behind.

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   23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   443: Set Guilt Free Boundaries And Quit Saying Yes To Everything A Podcast For Accountants And High-Stress Professionals

   Chris Panek, CPA & Certified Coach, guides high-stress professionals on setting guilt-free boundaries to stop overcommitting and gain clarity.

Inside a recent episode

445: How Much You Accomplish Does Not Determine How Valuable You Are A Podcast For Accountants And High-Stress Professionals

Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Whatever it is, practice letting yourself be a person, not a productivity machine. What I really want you to take away from this episode today is that you don't have to earn your right to enjoy your life by accomplishing enough first. You don't have to finish the list. You don't have to answer every email. You don't have to solve every problem. You don't have to prove that you're valuable by being constantly busy. You can care deeply about your career and still care deeply about your life. You can be ambitious and still rest. You can be successful and still say, that's enough for today. And you can be proud of what you've accomplished without making your accomplishments responsible for how you feel about yourself. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

3.8 / 5

24 ratings

Spotify

3.9 / 5

28 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

65

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

92

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