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2021 was a reverse poop sandwich!
Have you ever delivered a poop sandwich? You know the technique where you deliver bad news (the poop) between positive feedback (two lovely slices of bread). For me, 2021 started with poop and ended with poop but in between a lot of good things happened. As I sit back...
5 Money Tips to end 2021 on a Financial High Note
Maybe you set financial goals for 2021 that you’re short of achieving. Don’t fret; here are 5 last minute money tips that will end your year on a financial high note and an invite to start your new year on the right financial footing. 1. Gain control of your weekly...
Peace of Mind and a Skeleton
At the end of every quarter, I ask members of my Profit Habit group what they are spending their profit account on. Shelly sent a picture of her son, Canon next to a giant skeleton. The look on his face really says it all. Canon loves Hallowe’en. Every October he...
I Didn’t Get Paid for 3 Years — 3 Freakin’ Years!!
For over three years I did not take enough income from my business to sustain my personal lifestyle. Three freakin’ years. And I wasn’t a start-up -- we had been in business for over 13 years! My mindset at the time was to plow everything back into the business and to...
Marrying the Mechanics of Finance with a Money Mindset {and a special invite!}
Business owners have a passion for their product or services. Very few “dig” the finance part of their operations. But all of them realize that running a business means at some point they are going to have to peek under the hood of their operations and learn about the...
Why Your Tax Bill is Your Company’s Greatest KPI
I was just handed the largest income tax bill of my career and I could not be happier about it. What I owe in taxes is my companies greatest KPI (Key Performance Indicator). The number tells me that my business was profitable. Simply put, I made more money than I...
Want to help the planet? Start with your spending.
I have watched Greta Thunberg's address to the United Nations at least a dozen times. I have watched it alone, with colleagues, my husband and my two teenage daughters. Each time my emotions run the gamut of anger to despair. Anger because Greta is right, we have...
Five “cures” for the summer spending hangover
True confession…I have never in my life been so happy for the first day of school. Don’t get me wrong I love summer and the unscheduled time that we get to spend together as a family BUT holey moley . . . when mid-August rolled around this year I was craving the...
5 ways we cut our back-to-school spending in half
As mid-August rolls around it is hard to avoid the “Back-to-School” reminders. From groceries to electronics retailers are looking to cash in on stressed out parents. According to MoneyWise, Canadians spend on average $833 on back-to-school shopping with some parents...
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