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name: quarterly-numbers-in-plain-english
description: "Reads a quarter of small-business numbers and says what changed and what to do about it. Use when the user wants help with Quarterly Numbers in Plain English. Related topics: Small Business, Finance, Planning."
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# Quarterly Numbers in Plain English

Reads a quarter of small-business numbers and says what changed and what to do about it.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **Quarter** (free text, e.g. "Q2 2026")
- **Revenue** (free text, e.g. "total invoiced")
- **Costs** (free text, e.g. "total spent")
- **Where the revenue came from** (longer free text)
- **Compared to last quarter it feels** (choose one: much better, slightly better, about the same, slightly worse, much worse)
- **Hours I actually worked** (free text, e.g. "rough weekly average")
- **What I want from next quarter** (choose any: more revenue, fewer clients, steadier income, shorter hours, higher rates, a buffer in the bank)

## Prompt template

## Quarter review for a one-person business

Quarter: {{Quarter}}
Revenue: {{Revenue}}
Costs: {{Costs}}
Where the revenue came from: {{Where the revenue came from}}
Compared to last quarter it feels: {{Compared to last quarter it feels}}
Hours I actually worked: {{Hours I actually worked}}
What I want from next quarter: {{What I want from next quarter}}

Give me the picture in plain language first, no dashboards and no ratios I have to look up. Then three things to change next quarter, ordered by the difference they would make relative to the effort they take. If my client mix is concentrated enough to be a problem, put a number on it.

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Source: [Quarterly Numbers in Plain English on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/j0OsOAtQdiyQHQagsCrW/quarterly-numbers-in-plain-english)