Chapter 8 “Making Headway!”
“Rob answered, “Let’s take a look.”
Now the notes looked like this:
They read:
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ZONING PROBLEM |
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CAR NEEDS REPAIRS |
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BLACK MARK ON CREDIT |
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LISA SPENDING TOO MUCH |
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STRAINED MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP |
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FAILURE TO QUALIFY FOR BANK LOAN |
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JOHN BECOMING EASILY DEJECTED |
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LISA NOT HAPPY WITH JOHN OR HERSELF |
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LISA PERCEIVES THAT JOHN’S POOR ORGANIZATION IS A HUGE PROBLEM |
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INCOME STINKS NEGATIVE INCOME TO EXPENSE RATIO |
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LISA’S MOTHER’S NEGATIVE OPINION |
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CASH TIED UP IN PROPERTY |
“It seems like Lisa is on the right track,” Rob observed. “Maybe you can take another look at the cause and effect relationship.”
John and Lisa started to slide the notes around excitedly. “This is starting to come together,” Lisa commented.
They looked like this:
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ZONING PROBLEM |
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CAR NEEDS REPAIRS |
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BLACK MARK ON CREDIT |
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LISA SPENDING TOO MUCH |
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STRAINED MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP |
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FAILURE TO QUALIFY FOR BANK LOAN |
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JOHN BECOMING EASILY DEJECTED |
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LISA NOT HAPPY WITH JOHN OR HERSELF |
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LISA PERCEIVES THAT JOHN’S POOR ORGANIZATION IS A HUGE PROBLEM |
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LISA’S MOTHER’S NEGATIVE OPINION |
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CASH TIED UP IN PROPERTY |
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INCOME STINKS NEGATIVE INCOME TO EXPENSE RATIO |
“Well, we still don’t have a place for the zoning problem and we are missing a cause for the income/expense ratio,” Lisa stated.
“Could we put Lisa spending too much in two places?” John asked Rob, half joking. Lisa shot him a look that would have killed a lesser man.
Rob was noncommittal. “Whatever you think. Negative spirals are very common.”
Lisa grabbed a scrap paper and wrote Lisa is spending too much and placed it beneath the cash ratio complaint. She slammed the note on the table.
“I’m sorry,” John sputtered. “That can’t really be correct! There’s at least 3 reasons why we don’t have enough cash at the end of the month. The first is probably wanting too much too soon, the second is a lack of a budget or planning, and the third…well, I could be better organized and more valuable to my firm which would result in more money.”
“So how do we fit all that on a note?” Lisa asked.
More tomorrow…
Mister P
October 2, 2009 | Posted by Mister P
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Make it three notes?
Keri Eagan
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The suspense…!
How many chapters are we talking about…? Can I read the last page?!
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I like the way this story is developing.
Steve Chambers, Sale Trainer Speaker
This is a great way to get a point across, almost like Aesop’s fables.
Robert Martin
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What a fun and engaging story line!
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April Braswell
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What chapter does Lisa bite the bullet?
Seize the Day,
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Thanks for introducing Eliyahu Goldratt earlier on. I read about him in Wikipedia now, interesting & bright thinker.
Lookingfwd to continue to rad this interestign story!
John Ho
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Great story but I wish I had the book so I could peek ahead at the last chapter and see how it ends!
Lisa McLellan
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You are an excellent story teller
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