Does Your Year Start with a Budget or a Vision?

We have found the answer to this question changes depending on the location and altitude of the person you are asking. What about in your own life?  Do you start with a set of numbers, or with a dream? Your financial position is a vital component of your decision-making process, money has rules and realities that are as consistent as the law of gravity. What you can afford to do and how to allocate your resources is a vital constraint you should have a handle on for 2018.

In the context of business, we have had a similar conversation several times in September. What does the budget look like for 2018? Who is getting more, who is getting less? It keeps your eyes down and it kills creativity. In this scenario you grab as big a budget as you can, and then justify how you are using it during the year to help the unit, and your compensation for overseeing the projects. We have come to call the people adept at this tactic BUDGET HOUNDS because they can smell the 

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