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A little more than a year ago one of the companies for which I serve as the CFO was experiencing very good sales growth. In fact, about seven months into the year it looked like the company might hit its sales projections for the year by the end of the eleventh month, one month quicker than we forecasted. As we discussed this as an executive team, I launched a friendly challenge to the Director of Sales: "I'm not sure you can hit our projection for the year by the end of the eleventh month. I'll bet it takes you all twelve months to reach the target."