This ONE Page Report Saved My Marriage. When we started in business together, money was tight. Really tight. And the debt piled up like dirty laundry in a large family. When I would say to my husband, Hotrod, "We don't have enough money!" he would hear, "You're not good enough. You're not [...]
Sometimes, you need a little help. Suppose your accounting is a mess. Maybe you are behind on your taxes, or just always crunched for cash. If you could fix it all by yourself, wouldn't you have done that by now? You may need more information. You may need a renewed commitment to "get 'er done." And, [...]
When you make a mistake, admit it. As Juanell Teague says, "Tell the truth quicker, faster." I'm presently hosting the Phenomenal Financial Blast webinar series. Awesome results. AND lots of fun. One of our goals is to get to a Known Financial Position. Get the accounting current, right and understood. As my students, as you [...]
For years, I fought it. I didn't want to confront my financial reports or learn basic accounting. "Can't someone else do this for me?" "What are we paying our accountant for?" "I'm not great at numbers or math!" So, the financials were a mess and we had no idea what was happening in our struggling [...]
Maybe because they're a mess. Maybe because you don't want to know. Maybe because you'll have to start holding someone - you? - accountable for getting them caught up and accurate? Maybe you don't really know what to look at or how to use them. Maybe because you'll have to...change? My friend Howard Partridge is [...]
Financial Statements – The UN-Complicated Version! When I first learned how to read and use financial reports, I would assemble the information to show my partner and husband, Hot Rod, how we were doing. I’d cover his desk with pages and pages of financial reports. His eyes would glaze over. One day he [...]
I graduated at the top of my class with a degree in Business Administration. I took Accounting 101 and 102 and got "A"s in both. My professors drilled this into my head: "Find a good accountant." Alas. That was a disastrously incomplete lesson. What I wish I'd learned sooner: My money is my responsibility. If it's my money, [...]
OK, I felt pretty OLD shuffling into a free seminar on Social Security benefits. Hot Rod twisted my arm to attend. "We should know what we are entitled to," he nudged. "If we get anything, it will be the cherry on top," I insisted. Long ago I gave up on any hope that Social Security [...]
