Meet Monique YeeFoon | Accountant, Financial Planner

The very essence of being human is taking risks. As humans we take risk in education when we select institutions of higher learning hoping they give us the tools we need to succeed in life. We take on risk in love. But in business people tend to think avoiding risks is better. I feel you shouldn’t avoid risks but monitor them make and in some cases minimize them. The best risk I took was starting a business. I took the experiences and knowledge I obtained from working in the corporate environment and started a business. I felt depleted in the corporate environment. So I knew once I left l, I was not coming back. It was the best risk I had ever taken. I will say, taking risks will scare you to death but that is where you grow and that is where you conquer fear. In the end the best risk is when you invest in yourself.

YeeFoon & Associates is a accounting firm in which I handle small business bookkeeping, taxes and day to day financial advice. I have individual clients, mostly small business. I love small businesses because I know the level of sacrifice, and heart and work it takes to make a business happen and I like to see small businesses succeed. I tend to work virtual but I’m very accessible to all my clients.

So, I work a lot when I do get to have fun normally it’s someone’s birthday or an event I get invited to. One day I guess I’ll take a break and take that vacation. So I would be the wrong person to ask where to hang out or have fun. I’m a workaholic.

There are so many people whose influences have contributed to the development of who I am. From Jay-Z to Oprah. But I would have to dedicate my shout out to Oprah Winfrey’s book “What I Know for Sure” the tools I have obtained are gems.