Business · FORTUNE
Fortune #33
Mixed — reflect carefully
Keep unpaid sales separate from cash, with clear payment terms and follow-up.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“เหนือสิ่งอื่นใด การหาเงินและตัวชี้วัดความสำเร็จทางสังคมภายนอกอื่นๆ ต้องอยู่ภายใต้ความสำเร็จภายในด้านคุณธรรมและสติปัญญา”
— มอร์ติเมอร์ เจ. แอดเลอร์
นักปรัชญาและนักการศึกษาชาวอเมริกัน ผู้สนับสนุนการอ่านเชิงวิเคราะห์
- Person
- Mortimer J. Adler
- Source work
- p. 314
- Source text
- Above all, money-making and other external indices of social success must become subordinate to the inner attainments of moral and intellectual virtue.
STORY & REFLECTION
An invoice that has not been paid
Guidance-based illustration · An invoice that has not been paid
Illustrative scene: A print shop has delivered signs to a business buyer, but the invoice has no clear due date. The owner counts the sale as available cash and orders another round of materials.
He adds a due date and payment options to invoices, confirms receipt with the buyer, and separates receivables from bank cash before buying more supplies.
The SBA recommends orderly records of revenue and expenses and using financial statements to understand capital and cash flow. Sales figures are best read alongside actual receipts and payment dates.
An invoice records a sale; it cannot pay today's bill yet.
Reflection
Clear payment terms support cash flow.
A small action today
Send an invoice with due date and payment options.
A question to reflect on
Which invoice is overdue, and which shop payment does it affect?