Chapter NewsMeet the Board: Scott Haislet
Scott Haislet’s first career ambition was to “get that blessed CPA parchment,” he says. Something sound religious about his wording? This might help explain it: “My dad suggested I become a CPA when I was 16 years old. You have to know my dad—I thought it was a commandment, not a suggestion, but at least he suggested something extremely worthwhile,” he says. “That was in 1976, long before there was a labor shortage in public accounting. I think he figured that I would never get rich (in dollars), but I would always have a decent job. I have become rich (not in the money sense) for adopting his suggestion; I think it is still a great suggestion for young people today.” Today Haislet has his own practice as a 1031 exchange intermediary, attorney and CPA, at Lafayette Exchange Corporation and 1031 Connection, Inc. He’s a graduate of the University of Michigan where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting. Haislet is a rare breed in that he loves public speaking, and gets his fix by teaching for the California CPA Education Foundation and presenting various continuing education programs for CalCPA chapters. He says the key to being a good CPA has more to do with listening than talking. “The number of questions a CPA should ask should be at least triple the number of answers a CPA should give,” he says. “Also, with the understanding that sincere people want to please, a CPA should forgive errors with encouragement that next time the person will not repeat the error and will learn from the experience. People only grow by stretching and making mistakes.”
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