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These are the practical half of the book. Print them, write on them, and take your answers to the people who can act on them. You do not need to have bought the book to use any of this.
They are built for the days when clear thinking is the hard part. They also work as a disaster plan, which is a great deal cheaper than using them during the disaster.
The guardrail is not there for the easy stretch.
Stop the bleeding and get your brain back online without making an irreversible mistake. Seven sections worked over three days, from sleeping and eating through choosing a path.
Restructure, sell, file, or pause. Six gates worked in order, plus an if-then summary that tells you which conditions have to be true before a path is actually open to you.
Word for word, what to say to a lender, a spouse, your team, and a vendor you cannot pay. Includes four versions of the reputation answer and a blank thirteen-week cash forecast.
Eight categories with Have and Sent columns, so your attorney and your CPA spend their hours thinking instead of chasing paper you could have pulled yourself.
Five steps to write your own philosophy down and stress-test it on paper. Do it while it costs you an hour instead of a company.
These worksheets organize the problem so the people you pay can move fast. Specifically, a restructuring or insolvency attorney rather than a general business lawyer, a CPA who can turn work around in days, and where the situation calls for one, a licensed therapist. Appendix C tells you the five questions to ask an attorney on the first call. The book gives you the context behind every tool here. None of this is legal, tax, or financial advice, and none of it replaces the people above.
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