Los Angeles Chapter Bulletins
Read more about everything going on in your Chapter in the Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin. This month and previous month's Bulletins can all be read online!
Beginning in July 2008, bulletins can be found here. The blog format includes the ability to leave comments and makes it easier to print articles.
- June 2008 | Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin
- I look forward to representing all of the Los Angeles Chapter members as president for 2008–09. For the past several years, I have had the great opportunity to actively participate in CalCPA’s leadership by serving in various capacities, such as...
- May 2008 | Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin
- English historian and philosopher Arnold Toynbee said, “It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself, but at some more ambitious goal...
- April 2008 | Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin
- I don’t have a lot of time this month to write, and I suspect you don’t have a lot of time to read, so this month’s twofold message is short and to the point.
- March 2008 | Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin
- I read an interesting statistic in February: Of the 50 percent of Americans who make New Year’s resolutions, roughly 15 percent keep them past January. I have to admit I’ve been tempted to push back one of mine—to call a high school teacher and...
- February 2008 | Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin
- I was one of 10 siblings growing up. My parents did not have enough eyes, ears or hands to keep track of all of us all of the time. So they instilled a mantra: Do the right thing. My mother knew we would be exposed to new situations each day...
- January 2008 | Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin
- Saying goodbye to a year has always been a little bittersweet. I miss the frantic rush of the holiday. I don’t miss the frantic rush of year-end tax planning. Come Jan. 1, we release a collective sigh, not only of relief as stress is lifted from...
- December 2007 | Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin
- Ah, December. The season of gift buying and giving; of tasty cookies, peppermint coffee and eggnog; of party after party … after party … after party.
- November 2007 | Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin
- Gratitude is a mighty and magical elixir that invokes a joyful life. Whether used sparingly or in heavy doses, it has the power to transform. Philosopher Meister Eckhart once said, “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘thank...
- October 2007 | Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin
- In the magical world of Star Wars, becoming a Jedi requires more than a fancy light saber. According to Wikipedia, Jedis are masters of an ancient and noble organization, known for their talent and observance of "The Force." For every great Jedi...
- September 2007 | Los Angeles Chapter Bulletin
- With summer almost at a close and the mad rush of fall quickly approaching, I am smiling in appreciation of the pleasurable summer days I spent doing business in New York, the time spent with treasured family and friends and the joy of catching...


