Barry:
I pm'ed you about a concern of mine before XMAS. About my business, and declining sales; you have got to hear this story. THIS IS FUNNY AS ALL GET OUT !!
Well I was in a panic when I asked you to pray about my situation, self loathing, self doubt, you know the rest.
I thought , I'm going down the tubes , I know it !!
Here is what happened. I have this elaborate spreadsheet that I devised and I do some of the work by hand but the rest the spreadsheet does. Well it works fine until you make a big mistake on the front end. I keep a yr to date total column and back in April I made a big mistake that skewed the results for the rest of the year.
I am down about 8% yr to yr but I thought I was down, 18%. The short of it is that I have been working my fingers to the bone the past 4 months trying to make up for what I thought I lost. I have added some new product lines, beefed up my inventory, and made some other changes that I feel will prosper us this year. Looking back I'm happy I made the mistake because it spurred me on to make some changes I probably would not have.
Actually I had a pretty good year, at least a lot better than I thought.
If anyone is asking how this can happen; some one in business for themselves cannot tell 1/2 the time if they are making money or not. I rely on a year end inventory, and my inventory is not computerized, so throughout the year I make educated guesses as to my inventory level.
Something tells me the Lord had a hand in it; I can hear his laughter; and the response "Gott-cha".
In Christ.gregor |
