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Doing Ok? Welcome Bad News, You Control the Money, Its Easy You have to do it. Yes you do. This is where you measure the water, take its temperature and measure yourself. How are you doing? I'm doing ok. Hey, I can use some help. If you Water It, It Will GrowThe single most important thing you will do is evaluate yourself and your business. Account for your money your time and your spirit and your energy and your emotional and mental commitment to this business. Do your accounting. For a while it is good to do the accounting by yourself and for yourself. Don't hire a bookkeeper just yet. Keep in touch with the money, the energy, the time and commitment. Stay hands on in this arena and the rest of the show will be watered properly. Who played the Pink Panther. Peter Sellers. He also played the Gardener is a movie I will call "The Gardener". The gardener worked for a diplomat. The gardener was a simple man and he spoke simply and clearly. "If you water it, it will grow". The wisdom in this statement brought the diplomat's friends around on a regular basis and the gardener became the diplomat, tending his garden. Keep track of the water and the coffee will flow. I'm Doing Ok - is Ok Good?For me Ok is not good. I always seem to say Oh yeah. How high is the bar? What happens if it starts raining. The building comes apart. Your partner goes to Tahiti. The local plant closes. The Mall comes to town. The mall leaves town. Change. I love the business of the business. In a sense, I love it. It is what I do and I do it all the time. This is me. What about you. Ok can be good. If you are meeting your goals this may be good. There is nothing wrong with maintaining the status quo. But change happens always, time moves on and so do people, places, even continents are moving around and changing. So stay tuned in even if things are good. Ok? Hey, I Can Use Some Help - Bad News is GoodWelcome bad news. Welcome the messenger. Caesar killed the messenger and in the process himself. It is good to hear that you know where you are. If you know where you are and how you are doing you will know what you have to do to get to where you want to go. Remember the first rule of business is staying in business. It is good to look in the mirror and ask if that person is happy with the results of the business. If that person says yes, fine. If that person says no, then go to The Well. Making a living, making money, creating wealth, paying bills, paying people, paying yourself, paying your friend, and your banker are easy if you have the money. If you don't have the money, find out why. Fast. Ask yourself first. You control the money. The accounting will show where the money is. You have to do the accounting. If your checks are bouncing then the chances are you are bouncing - off the walls. Calm down, sit down and go to The Well. It is good to know the bad news fast. People will not tell you bad news. Only you can tell you bad news. Listen to yourself and look for the symptoms. You went in to business to make money and you are entitled to the rewards. What gets measured gets done. Measure the business at least every month. Its easy today. Quicken. One Write Plus, Excel Spreadsheet, or just pencil and paper. Do this first. This is the most important thing you will do for your business. Be the doctor. Take the patients temperature, measure the patients weight, test the musculature, look for fat. Do this and you will know. Knowing is the source of all ideas. Selecting an Accountant?The following is an AP wire story on how to select an accountant. I think it is just as appropriate to go to the local yellow pages or ask your friends in business. Just be prepared to change if you are not comfortable or if work is not done in a timely manner.
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