We’re at this point at work where everyone feels stretched, stressed and pretty close to each of our ‘capability ceilings’ acceptable for our given personal bandwidth, skillset levels.**

We’ve taken a very important decision today – that i’l run down clear numbers – critical numbers that we always talk about – Revenues, Receipts, Costs (splits), Bottom-line – on a month to month basis for my 2 divisions and we discuss them, The Old man and I, for a few hours, on every new month’s 1st or 2nd.

We of course do this unofficially all the time – but most often with other angles in mind – for eg. to facilitate a decision process and almost always with a shadow of some past one-time spike OR potential future spike factored into the discussion – ideally NOT the best backdrop for number crunching.

This way, if we’ve done as promised – i’ll do the yelling – and if we haven't – he can. And this way, we both know WTF we are doing, whos delusional and whos not.

** Remember, i said, ‘feel’.

The old man has instinct screaming at him – that the last year or so has seen FAR too much activity (Good and bad) and such a state of ‘prolonged excitement’ without ‘assimilation’ is NOT a good state of affairs.

But then as they all say – to be able to pass judgements / monitor or control ‘critical parameters’ they ought to be first measured.