Every Monday morning, I spend five minutes reviewing seven key metrics.



Not our full financial statements. Not pages of reports. Just seven critical KPIs.

This simple ritual has transformed my understanding of our financial performance more than any accounting course or financial software ever could.

Before implementing this practice, I reviewed traditional financial statements monthly – comprehensive but overwhelming, leaving me with data but few actionable insights.

Now, these seven weekly metrics give me more useful intelligence in minutes than I previously gained from hours of financial analysis:

1. Weekly cash conversion rate
2. New customer acquisition cost
3. Revenue per employee
4. Average transaction value
5. Profit per service hour
6. Overhead percentage
7. Referral generation rate

This 5-minute ritual provides three critical benefits:

• Early warning of issues weeks before they hit financial statements
• Clear cause-and-effect relationships between actions and outcomes
• Focused decision-making on metrics that drive bottom line growth

One client implemented a similar ritual focusing on their critical KPIs. Within months, their decision-making velocity increased dramatically while their business efficiency improved by 27%.

The magic isn't in which specific metrics you choose – it's in the consistent ritual of reviewing numbers that matter for your specific business model.

For effective profitability strategies, identify your 5-7 most predictive KPIs and review them weekly:

• Which metrics truly drive your financial outcomes?
• What numbers give you the earliest warnings of problems?
• Which indicators best predict customer behavior?
• What measures most accurately reflect team performance?

Keep it simple. Make it consistent. Watch for trends.

Your financial statements will always be important for compliance and reporting.

But for management decisions that drive earnings improvement, nothing beats a small set of well-chosen KPIs reviewed religiously.

Five minutes. Seven metrics. Transformational results.