When it comes to managing proposal content and thrift shopping, there are some surprising similarities. Both activities require a keen eye for detail, the ability to differentiate between what is valuable and what is junk, and the discipline to maintain a well-organized system. The old adage, "garbage in, garbage out" applies to both, as the quality of the end result is directly related to the effort put into the process.

Everyone has likely experienced when you are paragraphs into an unsaved document and your computer crashes. If you were born before the 2000s, you probably have had this heart-sinking experience BEFORE auto-save and cloud recovery features were available, so all your hard work was just gone forever, and you had to start over.