The Offbeat Accountant

“Let no one cage who you were born to be” -       Anonymous  Once upon a time there was a rainbow zebra, yes you read well, rainbow! His name was Monroe and instead of being black and white as everyone in its herd, he was multi-color. When he was young, Monroe used to live happily with his siblings and friends. He did not care much about being different. In fact, everyone wanted to choose him for their teams because he gave an air of freshness wherever he went. He had an amazing sense of humor, which he expressed by even making fun of himself. Monroe loved to travel. It was his only hobby and passion. Whenever he had the chance, he called some of his friends and started galloping to the horizon. Sometimes they left for one day or two, but there was that time when they travel for almost three weeks. When they came back and saw the map, they realized that they had been through almost 3 countries!! When he came of age, his father told ...

“A vocation is the backbone of life.” - Friedrich Nietzsche A few weeks ago, I met Vicente. Vicente is an accountant. He arrives every day at 8.30 in the morning (on the dot!), has a coffee at 11 and a light lunch at his desk at 1pm. He almost does not get up from his desk all day. In the days that I worked with him, he only did it to collect some papers, crush others and go for his coffee. When he arrives at the office he checks the news in several online newspapers, analyzes the behavior of some stocks and then turns on his Quickbook to begin registering the previous-day`s operations of at least five companies. He makes some calls, reconciles the bank and then, about 5-ish, “he calls it a day". He takes his worn-out briefcase - those old ones that are barely seen in banks or gangster`s movies-, and turns off the lights of the office, locking each door. Then, with the sun of the afternoon giving full in its back, he walks about 3 blocks up to the first subway station. Wit...

“Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature."                                                                     - Orson Wells (1915-1985) In recent months the term Xenophobia has been on the everybody’s lips.  The set of several events, such as the reinvigoration of the Ku Klux Klan in the United States after Trump`s election, the latest jihadist attacks in Europe, marches against LGBTI rights, the rise of a Neo Nazi political party in Germany, or the persecution of other immigrant minorities in different countries in Latin American, makes us realize that the world still has a long road to peace and world coexistence. But come on, let's start by defining the theme. Google defines a phobia as: " an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something ." [1] Some...