How is your bookkeeping process going for you? Do you generate
profit and loss statements? Do you understand them? Do you
simply pay the bills as they come in and hope there is enough
left in your business account to feed the family or do you have
a system in place that will help you forecast your financial
future?  By now you are either rolling your eyes or sinking into
your seat.  If it's the latter, you may be thinking, ‘Who has
time for numbers'?  Many solo business owners are so busy
working in their business that they're happy to simply make ends
meet.  'Someday' they will take a crash course in QuickBooks and
figure out what their P&L's are saying, but right now it's sink
or swim. Sound familiar?  The bad news is that you will sink
farther than you can swim if you don't run your business by the
numbers.  Let me give you some real life examples:  'Joan' was
thrilled to report to her coaching session with news of a 12%
increase in sales year-to-date. Fantastic! But the thrill didn't
last long when we wal