PROFIT POINTS

Blogs to help you on your financial journey

What's the hardest part of your business?

What’s the hardest part of your business? What challenges you the most? And what are you doing to overcome the challenges?

For me, it’s marketing.

I...

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Chatting with Claude.ai

I use Claude.ai to summarize these weekly newsletters and blog posts. 

Last week, I posted about burnout and I wanted to share what the AI bot respon...

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Some Grace?

Burnout. Are you feeling it? Are you seeing it in others?

I think a big piece is people haven’t recovered from Covid, which was a worldwide trauma, y...

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Coming together to create

Have you ever sat through the credits of a movie? Or read the playbill of a stage production? What about the acknowledgements in a book?

We don’t cre...

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Reflection Ritual

Every Sunday morning, after I sleep in and eat a nourishing breakfast, I sit with a mug of green tea and reflect on the previous week. This ritual is ...

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The Busy Season

Recently, I was talking about the seasons of life. Things are really busy for my kids over the next few weeks and months. It is nearing the end of the...

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Financial help in uncertain times

Given the unpredictable nature of the economy at present, here are some easy things you can do to help bolster yourself financially.

Cut unnecessary ...

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Spring has Sprung!

Spring has sprung! The Canadian federal election is behind us. The economy is uncertain. Wars rage. Mother Earth is on fire and drowning and in drough...

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Q&A: How can I be spiritual and focus on profits?

I have a question here that I would love to address.

How can I be spiritual and focus on profits?

I get this concern. We are breaking free from the ...

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The game called Logistics and Scheduling

Is it just me, or do you also feel like life could be summed up as: logistics and scheduling? Haha! The game called Logistics and Scheduling!

We jugg...

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Bookkeeping Basics Video Series

I hope this newsletter finds you happy and healthy!

In an effort to provide barrier free information, I have done a series of videos on Bookkeeping B...

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Competing Priorities

It is obvious to state that we live in a busy world. Busy work days. Busy families. Busy roads. Busy advertisements. Busy news cycle. Busy social medi...

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Quarterly Review

As we approach the end of March, now is the time to set aside some time for a quarterly review.

Part of the Profit First process is a quarterly finan...

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Don't freak out!

We are in the midst of a Mercury Retrograde until April 7. No need to freak out! It’s a part of life here on Earth. 

Now some people love to blame al...

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Procrastination

Pro-cras-ti-na-tion - the action of delaying or postponing something.

We all do it. Scroll social media. Binge watching whatever catches your eye. Cl...

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Profit First Principles

Profit First is a cash-flow management system using bank accounts with specific purposes, just like the old envelope system. The beauty of it is simpl...

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Ugh, Debt!

Does the thought of debt make you sweat? Or make your heart race? Or do you ignore it? Pretend it isn’t there? But you know that one day, someone will...

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