Creating this book was a much larger undertaking than I imagined, and as a result, I owe a debt of gratitude to many.

Thank you to my Heavenly Father. Thank you for my days and for my many blessings. Thank you for this book. Thank you for the opportunity to learn and grow as I created its content. Thank you for allowing me to get it right. And thank you for blessing all who read it so that they can find the solutions they need. I love Thee very much. Thank you.

Thank you to my amazing wife Patti. Thank you, honey, for your patience with me and for being okay with all the time I had to invest to create this book. You carried a lot of the weight of our household, so I could research, write, and revise the information within these pages, and without your support, this book would not exist. Thank you for your confidence in me, which helped me get through some moments of self-doubt. And thank you for loving me. I love you very much. Thank you.

Thank you to my daughter Madison. Thank you, Madison, for your light and for your faith in me. Thank you for seeing me the way that you do. Thank you for being willing to give up a lot of our father-daughter time over the past few months. I know how precious that time is, and I hope we can catch up on some of it before you go off to college. I love you very much. Thank you.

Thank you to my daughter Alexis. Thank you, Lexi, for believing in me. And thank you for the confidence and pride you have for me. Thank you for having faith in my ability to be a writer. I love you very much. Thank you.

Thank you to my daughter Daniella. Thank you, Dani, for your energy and unique perspective. Thank you for your support and your belief in me and my ability to write this book. I love you very much. Thank you.

Thank you to my friend Mert Cubukcuoglu. Thank you, Mert, for your friendship and trust. Thank you for your confidence in me and my ability to write a book about Chef provisioning. And thank you for writing the book's Foreword. Thank you.

Thank you to my friends at work. Thank you Ray Eivaz, Barry Ruffner, Wayne Chatham, Achal Shah, Amy Tam, Angela Bouchard, Mai Lubega, Thy Guintivano, Mike Sharp, and the many others at Intuit that I work with every day. Thank you for your excitement about and interest in my book. Thank you for expressing your belief that I could do it. And thank you for your eagerness to read it when it comes out. Thank you Jay Grissom for being one for the first to preorder your copy. Thank you Michel Cole for being the first to request that I write a second book. Thank you.

Thank you to my friend Tom "Big Al" Schreiter. Thank you, Tom, for suggesting that I start writing books and for being such a great example by taking your own advice and creating a fantastic set of training books. And thank you for your excitement about my book. Thank you.

Thank you to my reviewer Federico Gimenez. Thank you, Federico, for poring over the chapters of this book and making sure I've presented the most accurate content and examples possible. Thank you.

Thank you to my Packt Publishing team. Thank you Mamata Walkar, Rahul Nair, Pramod Kumavat, Sachin Karnani, and Kinjal Bari. Without you, this book would never have happened. Thanks for allowing me to officially become an author and for making sure that my book is a good as it can be. Thank you.