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- ✍️DraftedTuesday, September 22, 2026 at 12:28 PM
- 📡Published to platformTuesday, September 22, 2026 at 12:29 PM
The first question I ask
When I start with a new client, I ask one question before we look at anything else: if no new money came in, how many weeks could you keep going? Most people guess. A lot of them guess high. The answer changes what we do on Monday. Under a month, we pause new spending and go after what's owed. One to three months, there's room to plan, carefully. Past three months, you can probably afford to try the thing you've been sitting on. I like it because you can work it out on the back of an envelope. Do you know yours?
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