Financial Breakthrough Gifts

"I think I just solved my cash flow problem."

Money helps you soar.

'Finally! A meeting with one of the bigwigs.'

'Our product flooded the market... Before backing up a deluge of consumer complaints!'

A fight in the Boardroom.

"'Quid pro quo' is a no-no, Bradbury. Around here we say 'reciprocal altruism'."

"I dunno, I guess I just don't believe in myself anymore."

Can't Do the Math/Won't Do the Math.

"Now that I have everyone's attention..."

'This is a 'placebo' line. It serves no purpose but it makes us feel good.'

'No, it's not really good - that's our lawsuits-to-earnings ratio.'

"Remember...when the going gets tough...DELEGATE!"

Sales chart is buildings in background.

"We have an acronym!"

'Great news this quarter! Losses are up in smoke, profits are high, and we're seeing lots of green!'

"You have to believe what you're doing will lead to something valuable, even though it probably won't."

"Brilliant report, I can't tell where the facts and the fiction begins"

'You'll be happy to see that I've finally managed to turn things around.'

'Before we starnt, has everyone shed their moral baggage?'

'It's crunch time, Caldwell. That's the time between when you're born, and when you make your first million.'

'Ideas.com' desk with a 'come' tray and a 'gone' tray.

'I had to overcome stereotypical misunderstandings about who makes a good leader.'

'This is from a post-ethics phase.'

Win - win

"Mum, I got the job!"

'This is the BEST well we've dug!!'

Three businessmen using a pulley system to change a graph

"I can't decide who gets the promotion, so we'll settle it with a rope toy Tug O' War."

'Now this is exactly what I was referring to when I talked about 'scope creep'.'

"Well, there's nowhere to go but up."

"Our Big Hairy Audacious Goal is balding."

'When my business turned into a lemon, I made lemonade....but that also failed when nobody liked its taste'

You said you wanted me to speak to the chairman of Hardcastle industries - I've just realised that's me.

"I didn't get where I am by trying to please."

'I've moved from being cautiously optimistic to being optimistically cautious.'