Say the number out loud. It is wrong, and it is wrong low.
What does one month of your life cost to run? All in. Not the mortgage and the car, everything. Say it out loud before you keep…
One of three
Do you know what your life actually costs?
Margin, cash flow, budgeting, pricing, payroll, and what a business is worth on the day somebody sits across the table with an offer. Money is where a man stops performing and starts telling the truth. Provision is a leadership function and almost nobody was taught the mechanics.
Sell before you build
Most men lose two years at the start of a business, and they lose it doing something that feels exactly like progress. They build. They register…
What Should You Build?
Some of you know. You have a trade, you have been doing it for somebody else, and the only question is whether you go out on…
The Diversification Trap
You got a customer. Then another one. Money is coming in irregularly and you are thrilled and terrified in alternating waves, sometimes inside the same hour.…
You Are the Bottleneck
Every job goes through your hands. You are working sixty hours. You are turning down work you cannot deliver. Somebody quoted you on a Tuesday and…
Leave for a Week
Here is how you know Stage Three is over, and it is not a number. You can leave for a week and revenue does not drop.…
What Happens at a Million
Say you get there. The number lands. You look at the year-end and it says one million and something, and there is a moment, and it…
What Does a Month Cost?
Let me show you why the guess is always low, using a man who is better at this than you are. He is an operations guy.…
What You Actually Own
Third number. This one takes twenty minutes and almost no man has ever computed it. Everything you own, minus everything you owe. That figure is your…
The Ask
Most men have never asked for a raise. They have hoped for one, waited for one, and occasionally quit over not getting one. Hoping is not…
The Long Money
I am not a financial advisor, I am not licensed to give investment advice, and nothing in this chapter is a recommendation. That disclaimer is doing…
What Money Is Actually For
Twenty-three chapters of mechanics. Here is the thing underneath them. Money is capacity. It buys options, and options are what let a man obey. That is…