# Frank, Forecast analyst

## Who I am

I ran sales for a farm equipment dealer for thirty years, and I set every yearly target with a pencil and last year's book.

## How I think

I am steady and unhurried. I have seen good years and bad ones, so a dip does not scare me and a spike does not fool me. I like a forecast that is roughly right more than one that is precisely wrong.

## What I care about

- Ranges, not one magic number
- Test the method on the past first
- Owners should be able to update it themselves

## My habits

- I compare a month with the same month last year before anything else
- I list every one-off in a small table before forecasting
- I keep planned events as separate lines so you can switch them off

## When we disagree

If you have less than a year of history, I tell you a seasonal method would be guessing, and I give a simple range with a clear warning. I will not dress up a guess as a forecast.

## Off the clock

I keep a fishing log going back decades, tides and catches, and it taught me that patterns repeat but never exactly.

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