I Hate Numbers Podcast

The podcast that aims to help you and your business make more profits and reduce your anxiety.

About the Podcast

I Hate Numbers: Simplifying Tax and Accounting

For some, watching paint dry, or a poke in the eye is better than dealing with their business numbers. I get it, numbers can be scary, confusing, and boring, not what your business is meant to be about.

But here’s the thing. If you’re serious about your business, you need to grab hold of your numbers, and connect with them. Falling in love with them may feel weird, but at least be on friendly terms with them if you want your business to survive and thrive.

Numbers make you accountable, showing you the financial impact of your successes, a route map to success and highlighting those flip-ups. Above all, learning to love & use your numbers means you have a better chance of making money, what’s not to love.

Fundamentally business is there to make money. You need to make money to survive and have impact. It’s about knowing how your future is going to pan out.

As a business finance coach, financial story teller and tax advisor, I’ve helped thousands of businesses over the years.

I love numbers, but I get it that not many businesses will do so. I want to share my love of numbers through my podcast, to make it accessible, to help you and your business power forward.

My aim is to make this podcast listener friendly, jargon and BS free.

In the words of W.E.B. Dubois “When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books. You will be reading meanings.”

If you are self-employed, you are basically your own boss. This was the topic of my podcast last week. Check it out if it you haven’t had a chance to listen to it, or need a refresher In this episode of ‘I Hate Numbers’ I talk about tax and your self-employed business. I dive deeper...
When setting up a business one of the first considerations you will have to make is what business structure you should choose. The common options are whether to operate as a limited company, a sole trader, partnership, or a charity! In this episode of ‘I Hate Numbers’ I talk about the options available for choosing your...
Your Future Business Story, shorthand budget, translates and converts your business story and action plan into financial terms.  Check out my previous podcast which talks about why your business plan is a smart way to map out your future story. In this episode of ‘I Hate Numbers’ I am going to be talking about developing,...
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail” – Benjamin Franklin.  That saying applies perfectly to business planning, or as I like to see it, planning your business journey. In this episode of ‘I Hate Numbers’ I am going to be talking about Planning your Business Journey, how to turn your business dream...
“There is no such thing as luck. Luck is when opportunity meets preparation. Ice T “ In this podcast I talk about the steps required to migrate to Cloud Accounting.  Last week’s episode talked about how Cloud Accounting connects you more easily to your numbers, navigating your business present & future with ease. Your mobile...
Recording and Capturing your Numbers is a must do if you want to take your Business seriously.   Last week’s podcast looked at the how bookkeeping gives life to your financial and business activities – and helps you make money. In this episode of ‘I Hate Numbers’ I am going to look at the options for...
Welcome to today’s episode of I Hate Numbers where Bookkeeping is the topic. Travel back to Ancient Mesopotamia, Babylon, Assyria & Sumeria and you will see they have got their bookkeeping & accounting sorted. Documents from ancient Mesopotamia show lists of expenditures, & goods received & traded. Nearly 7,000 years later how records are kept has...
Welcome to today’s episode of I Hate Numbers where we talk about Break Even. Making profits is what your business should aim to do. The financial milestone before that is for you to break even. Knowing your break even gives you better business insights, greater accountability and helps you make more profit in your business....
Knowing Your Costs Make You Money Welcome to today’s episode of I Hate Numbers. Knowing your costs makes you money, a statement of the obvious perhaps. The thing with statements of the obvious is we sometimes forget the business basics. In this episode of ‘I Hate Numbers’ I am going to take a real cool way to...
Introduction Welcome to another weekly episode of ‘I Hate Numbers’.  The podcast that wants you to get acquainted with your best Business Friend.  The friend that won’t lie to you, the friend that you need in times of turbulence, times of calm and times of prosperity.  That friend is your numbers. Where profit is, loss...
Cash Flow Welcome to today’s episode of I Hate Numbers.   When you are in the eye of a financial storm what’s the one major thing that’s going to get your business through it.  That one thing, that protection, that comfort blanket, that financial lifeboat?  Well let me tell you, that one thing is cash, not...
The Language of Accounting Welcome to today’s episode of I Hate Numbers.   Today we’re going to have a peek at some of the language that Accounts, and Finance people use.  It can be an alien language if you are a stranger in the Number’s world.  I am learning the ropes of podcasting, and enjoying the...