Raise Your Hand and Be Counted

Djordje Rakovic, a senior associate in Sorren's Tax Practice, sits down with Heath Alloway on Episode 24 of Common Threads to trace how initiative compounds into career momentum. Four years into his career in public accounting, Djordje has already asked his way into the firm's Builders Program and pushed for business development work beyond what is normally expected from team members at his level. He recounts walking up to Heath at an office retreat and simply asking for mentorship, a move that opened doors that waiting never could have. Djordje describes how reframing selling as helping clients solve problems made business development feel natural instead of forced, and he and Heath dig into why the worst-case scenario almost never plays out the way fear insists it will. Watching senior partners handle client meetings taught Djordje what leadership looks like from a "doing it for real" perspective rather than just focusing on a title of acclaim, and the fact that he didn't manage to get past the CPA exam on the first try was for him a turning point rather than stopping him. For such a newcomer to the profession, Djordje has plenty of wisdom to share with us all.

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