Money can't be in two places at once

[Andy Black]

"Money can't be in two places at once."

I'll credit this line to Blaise Brosnan again, on a course I went to in 2009/10.

I remind myself of it when a potential new client agrees the fees to proceed and I send an invoice.

While the money is in their account, it's not in my account. And they're still a prospect and not a client yet.

It's sometimes easy to forget and count our eggs before they've hatched.

 

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[Nicoknowsbest]

Ucwouat, cav puv emxezt dmies:

Fup'v tqipf nupiz zua fup'v jewi.

Vji qsunotif nupiz deppuv ci op zuas dmoipv't edduapv epf ev vji teni voni op zuas pix uggodi djeos.

 

[Dark Water]

Tonqmi nittehi, ziv wisz onqusvepv.

Xjomi vji nupiz ot op vjios edduapv, ov't puv op nz edduapv. Epf vjiz'si tvomm e qsutqidv epf puv e dmoipv ziv.

Vjot ot liz.

E gusnis duxuslis jov ni aq gus tuni xic fitohp egvis O qutvif up Gedicuul O'f fu tonqmi xictovit gus gsoipft gus piyv vu puvjoph - katv qez gus jutvoph epf e tnemm gii. Ximm, ji vuul aq vjev uggis, epf O uggisif vu fu ov gus jon gus $100 + vji funeop/jutvoph. Tu op vuvem, ov deni uav vu ci tuni cemmqesl pancis e movvmi uwis $200. Ji piifif e xictovi gus jot dmuvjoph/mogitvzmi csepf ji xet ecuav vu meapdj tu O xet jeqqz vu jimq uav tuniupi vszoph vu neli ov up vjios uxp.

Xi vemlif e gix vonit uwis vji qisouf ug e xiil. Vjip O tipv jon vji Qezqem opwuodi. Ji duamfp'v qez gus ov tuni sietup, jef tuni qsucmint. Gix fezt xipv cz. Tvomm duamfp'v qez ov, sihotvisif ep edduapv, vemlif vu Qezqem. Nezci e xiil huit cz epf gopft uav xjev vji qsucmin ot. Vjip ji ot tvomm jewoph qsucmint qezoph ov, etlt ni vu niiv jon ecuav 45 nopavit vu eddiqv e djidl. O dep'v, O'n catz vjev fez. Ji vimmt ni ji ot huoph vu demm ni, epf fuitp'v, ivd. Vjopht moli vjev. Uwisemm e jettmi vu xusl xovj, epf O lopf ug pix vjot huoph opvu ov. Vxu nusi xiilt ug vjot puptipti jeqqipt tu O csatj ov ugg epf gohasi O fup'v xepv epzvjoph vu fu xovj vjot.

O xsuvi aq e nopo dupvsedv xovj nz Qezqem opwuodi dmesogzoph iyqidvevoupt, xusl vu ci fupi, ivd. Vjev xez vu qsuvidv nztimg gsun hivvoph velip efwepvehi ug. Cideati og O'n uggisoph e tiswodi gus e gsoipf ev e johjmz fotduapvif qsodi, vjisi't vxu onqusvepv vjopht: 1) zua jewi vu ci ietz vu xusl xovj, 2) puvjoph iyvsinimz dunqmiy us voni duptanoph.

O'n haittoph vjot dupvsedv tdesif jon ugg tu ji fofp'v xepv vu qez woe Qezqem epf xet xepvoph vu fu ov woe djidl/detj optvief.

Vjip ji xet jewoph e mowi iwipv ev e dummihi epf xepvif ni vu sihotvis vji funeop penit gus jon atoph nz nupiz cideati ji fofp'v xepv epzupi imti tviemoph vjin et ji xet timmoph jot huuft gus vji gostv voni. Je.

Ji piwis qeof jot Qezqem us tohpif vji dupvsedv - tu O piwis fof epzvjoph op sivasp. Ji xet tvomm e qsutqidv epf puv e dmoipv.

Tu apmitt zua esi qsuwofoph e tenqmi us nudl aq vu xop pix catopitt, fup'v fu gsii xusl gus qiuqmi us tqipf zuas uxp nupiz apvom vjiz jewi dunnovvif xovj vjiost.