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Eric Solbakken

Eric Solbakken

CPA, business coach, and drummer leading the Accountant Success Formula™ coaching program for CPAs; also founder of Viking Academy mindset training

Jul 15, 2026

12:53
[laughs]
12:53
Yeah, like, so there, like, there's still a bit of a, there's still a bit of an anomaly.
12:57
They're like, "You do what?" The thing that I found interesting though, John, is that there's been a progression and a, there's been a peeling of layers for my journey.
13:06
So when I, I originally became a chartered accountant, I thought I had to keep it completely separate and hide my personality and just be a corporate professional person.
13:16
So there was this ivory tower syndrome that happens when you become a professional and you think that you got all this and you c- can't show who you are.
13:23
I've swung all the way and I've progressively removed the layers to the point where I sold my accounting firm, and then I started up a new coaching company called the Accountant Success Formula.
13:35
So I actually coach accounting firms.

9 MINS LATER

22:36
It's, it's b- bringing, you know, your full self to all of what you do.

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