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The week after April 15 is a trap. You’re exhausted. Your team is checked out. And every instinct you have is telling you to just move on and forget the chaos. But here’s the cold, hard truth: If you don’t capture the data while the pain is fresh, you are choosing to repeat it next year.

In this episode of the Growth Minded Accountant, Lee Reams II and Rebekah Barton sit down for a "post-game" strategy session that every firm owner needs to hear before they head out on vacation.

We’re walking you through a live, 5-step "Pain Audit" designed to help you stop being the bottleneck, identify the advisory revenue you’re currently giving away for free, and fix the one thing that will save you hundreds of hours next season.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Industry Burnout Reality: Why 99% of accountants are feeling it, and why it's not a "you" problem—it's a system problem.
• The Live Reset Exercise: A guided walkthrough to identify what broke, what repeated, and where you need to draw the line.
• The Bottleneck Truth: A candid look at where your firm’s growth is actually being slowed down by your own desk.
• Identifying "Hidden" Revenue: How to spot the advisory moments you missed in the heat of tax season.
• Positioning for Less Friction: Why your "best" clients aren't random, and how to find more of them.

Don't let the exhaustion erase the lessons. Give us 20 minutes to help you ensure that the version of tax season you just finished is the hardest one you ever have to do again.