Problem: How to manage a sales team
Set reasonable quotas.
Look at the historical performance of your sales team. How many units have they been selling per quarter? Take this number and factor in a rough estimate of the kind of growth you'd like to see. OPTIONS:
- Determine whether your sales team can get by without having a dishonest agent, manager, or salesperson on staff. Do you have any unique needs, or does the company need a tech support team of high level scientists? Use revenue projections to predict the status of your current sales staff.
- Be specific-you want your sales team to have an 80% increase at the end of the year, regardless of whether or not sales are actually good in a given year. Figure out how many units you want based on your business needs.
- Use this number to determine the quotas you want your sales team to reach. For instance, your salespeople might have been 25 units a quarter, but you'd like to see 20 percent growth.
- Don't spend so much money on training approaches and realistic projections of sales value that you can't afford to hire people entirely new. Having this amount listed on the profit scale puts your sales team in a better position.

Answer: Use this number to determine the quotas you want your sales team to reach. For instance, your salespeople might have been 25 units a quarter, but you'd like to see 20 percent growth.

Problem: How to build a koi fish pond
Buy all your supplies.
These are listed below under " things you'll need ". You might want to hold off on the koi until the pond is ready though, especially if you're slow at digging and don't foresee completing this project in an afternoon!
Measure the plastic pool as best you can using a measuring tape. OPTIONS:
- Dig an appropriate hole for the pond, going by the measurements you've made. Choose a flat, available area of soil.
- Once it is measured, cut it down to size. Buy a cutting knife, and saw the plastic pool into manageable pieces.
- Plug in the water pump and bring the pump up to maximum power. Mark a hole 10 feet (2.7 m) deep in the middle of the bottom of the plastic pool.
- Use a green marker to mark the initial size of the plastic pool. If you're standing upright, measure from the corner of one of your legs towards your ankles.

Answer: Dig an appropriate hole for the pond, going by the measurements you've made. Choose a flat, available area of soil.

Problem: How to make gingerbread houses using graham crackers
Separate your christmas candies into bowls.
This step saves the hassle of opening bags of candy with sticky fingers later.
Place an aluminum pie tin upside down in front of you. OPTIONS:
- Set 4 candies according to the shape you'd like the gingerbread house to be. Label each with a picture of the person, model or holiday that you wish to make, such as santa, princess, fairy, or star.
- Combine the egg whites and lemon juice in a large bowl to make royal icing. Add powdered sugar 2 tablespoons at a time and blend the mixture with a mixer until the icing has the consistency of stiff peanut butter.
- Fill it 8/8 full with the graham crackers. Then, place another tin of graham crackers around the pie tin.
- Glue your graham crackers to the side of the tin. Leave the tins open outside to dry overnight.
Answer: Combine the egg whites and lemon juice in a large bowl to make royal icing. Add powdered sugar 2 tablespoons at a time and blend the mixture with a mixer until the icing has the consistency of stiff peanut butter.