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The Fink Tank

Cam and Col Fink

A podcast for people dealing with the weirdness of running their own small business. Brothers Cam and Col Fink chat about work, life, and the confounding idiocy of themselves and others. They"ve been brothers for 45 years. You get to pick who"s older. Col helps people run successful small practices, and is an expert public speaker and trainer. Cam is an event producer and freelance videographer, and loves helping people bring their best selves to video.

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00:04:47

What have the Romans ever done for us??

The Fink Tank ·

2024/07/18

In this Friday Fink Tank Col takes aim at people who whinge about tax.More specifically, he invites us to think of tax not as something being taken away, but instead the opportunity to live in a society of abundance and prosperity. We enjoy and expect generosity at the micro level. It seems to get murkier at the macro. A five minute high-level chat can't cover the nuance and politics and complexity of the topic, or the struggles people are facing. So please, be civil in the comments!

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00:06:20

Conventionally attractive

The Fink Tank ·

2024/07/11

See? This doesn't make any sense! Yet...Conventions exist for a reason, and you should break them only very rarely, and only very deliberately. Putting the punchline first is uncommon, and as you can see, it's jarring when it happens. Conventions make processes easier. Greeting people, playing team sport, going to dinner parties. We know what to expect, and we know what’s expected of us. In this Friday Fink Tank, Col and I swap chairs to chat about the usefulness of

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00:06:19

Holding hands

The Fink Tank ·

2024/07/04

I held hands at a concert with a blind man named Andrew. What happened next was hilarious.Should I feel bad about that clickbait headline? Probably, but I stand by it. I’d gone to the Ocean Alley concert on my own, at the wonderful Forum Theatre in Melbourne. I love going to gigs with friends or my brothers, but the solo outing does leave room for serendipitous encounters. And so it was. I’m so glad I got to experience the show with Andrew, a warm and friendly man with the courage to ask for

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00:05:01

Mixed Media

The Fink Tank ·

2024/06/27

If you’d like to hear Col’s ocker go-kart bogan accent circa 2009, head to 4:05. George Bernard Shaw said “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place”. Regardless of what your job is, effective communication is critical. Being an influential, compelling communicator amplifies the value of almost every other skill you've got. We discuss this idea at length, and by the end of this five-minute Fink Tank episode rather ironically reach the conclusion that

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00:07:17

If everything is practice, nothing is wasted

The Fink Tank ·

2024/06/21

If you want to be a great communicator, consider this motto:“If everything is practice, nothing is wasted.” In this episode we delve into Jehan Casinader's rule for growth from his excellent recent LinkedIn post. Jehan says the only way to grow is to say yes to opportunities and try new things. He’s definitely right, but we also don’t want to fail spectacularly! We want to: ⚖ Push our boundaries AND respect our audience 🍾 Bring unrefined fizz AND remain professional 💪 Take opportunities AND

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00:04:52

Energy

The Fink Tank ·

2024/06/13

Lisa O'Neill says your energy introduces you before you do. Col says people buy your energy before they buy your services. Last night, The Fink Tank went to Lisa's ENERGY book launch in Melbourne and sat with an enraptured crowd as Lisa held court for 90 minutes. As funny as Taylor Tomlinson, as charismatic as Angelina Jolie, as flamboyant as Elton John and as approachable as Graham Norton, Lisa epitomises the efficacy of the ideas in her new book Energy. She really does shift the energy of

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00:07:23

Getting the Clap

The Fink Tank ·

2024/06/06

Most of us give applause far more often than we receive it. This lack of practice, combined with a lifetime of humility conditioning, means when we DO receive applause we suck at it, suck the life out of it, and ruin the moment.Many of us have a similar aversion to receiving compliments. Tall Poppy Syndrome has us terrified of being torn down, and our risk-averse brains want to hide and deflect. When we shy away from those moments - be they raucous applause or a gentle compliment - we stymie joy

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00:05:04

Perfectionism is not good enough

The Fink Tank ·

2024/05/31

You just spent five hours agonising over the fine details of <your thing> but your audience are incapable of noticing the difference, even if they wanted to. I wrote that because it’s what I WANT to believe, but I DO believe extra polish is often worth it. In this Friday Fink Tank, Col makes the logical point that your audience are unlikely to be the small percentage of experts who are even CAPABLE of discerning that level of detail. In retaliation, I adjust a camera to an exaggeratedly poor

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00:06:37

Forking chopsticks

The Fink Tank ·

2024/05/23

Is growing your business a good thing? Are knives more deserving of the name chopsticks? Col recalls our teenage mockery of chopsticks. How could inefficiency be a good thing, our adolescent brains mused?? Maybe if the goal ISN’T to shovel as much food into your face as quickly as possible. If you’ve been operating a small business successfully, it’s tempting to chase growth. Hire staff, get more clients, delegate work. Expand the operation! Build an empire!! If you value happiness, money, and

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00:06:22

Which one do you suck at?

The Fink Tank ·

2024/05/16

The question is not whether you suck at one of these things. The question is "which one do you suck at?" 1. Getting started 2. Getting finished 3. Keeping on going in the middle Col is currently beleaguered in number 3 with his book writing. I finished my MC showreel weeks ago. Have I sent it to people I know who might book me? Or posted it here? Nup. My promotion "plan" is stuck at number 2! Humans are curious creatures. Where are you right now? PS. Head to 3:20 if you'd

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00:09:19

Get to the chopper

The Fink Tank ·

2024/05/09

Tiritiri Matangi Island: Come for the endangered Takahē, stay for the emergency medivac helicopter!After a peaceful day exploring the island and it's diverse native bird species, things took a dramatic turn when Chris' shoulder exploded. Chris was in serious pain and unable to walk. With limited phone reception and the last ferry gone, things were stressful. Less than an hour later, Ross Aitken repelled out of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and exuded the calm confidence we desperately

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00:07:17

Vanity metrics

The Fink Tank ·

2024/05/02

Vanity metrics aren’t a problem. Vanity is. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to increase visibility and reach. Just don’t be icky or out of alignment. Agonising over the success of a post you care about is no fun, but having no clients or work is no fun either! In this Friday Fink Tank, we discuss “vanity” metrics, our susceptibility to fall for their allure, and what we can do about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/finktank/message

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00:06:44

The success of failure

The Fink Tank ·

2024/04/25

As kids, we destroyed several hundred dollars worth of light globes while playing hacky sack in the hallway throughout our childhood. The fact that our parents elected to allow the wanton destruction to continue says something about their attitude towards prioritising our growth. It can be really challenging to cultivate the same level of compassion for mistakes (and encouragement for growth) when considering how we treat ourselves as adults. In this episode of The Friday Fink Tank, we find

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00:04:22

Deadstock

The Fink Tank ·

2024/04/18

We record the Fink Tank on Col’s farm. They have lots of animals. Sometimes they die. As someone fairly new to farming, Col still finds this pretty confronting. Deakin, his 4 year old, is far less affected, because he’s never known anything different. He’s used to deadstock. When you’re operating a solo business, you have to get used to your deadstock. Awkward sales calls, rejections, failed projects. They’re the unavoidable by-product if you want successful sales calls and amazing

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00:05:15

Thanks a lot universe, why are we like this??

The Fink Tank ·

2024/04/11

Nearly everyone is prone to dips in self-belief. Those who aren't are surely lying.Oscillations in confidence can be crippling. When starting a new venture, the road is often bumpy. When developing a new skill, it's rarely a smooth ascension to mastery. Most of life's endeavours come with peaks and troughs. Sometimes there are good reasons for them. Often there aren't. It's particularly galling when a loss of confidence is THE ONLY thing that might actually justify the loss

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00:07:39

Do a shoey

The Fink Tank ·

2024/04/04

When he was fifteen years old, Formula 1 driver Daniel Riccardo learnt a *teeeny* bit about how to drive from Col, who ran a go-kart company at the time.Is your professional life analogous to a world famous F1 driver’s early karting career? Or to his penchant for “doing a shoey” with champagne on the winner’s dais? Probably not. But this gratuitous name-drop DOES have relevance when we talk about exponential growth curves (and Col gets to say the word “asymptote”). Some growth curves deliver

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00:07:25

Like, totally

The Fink Tank ·

2024/03/21

This week's Fink Tank is all killer, no filler!Err... sorry, I've just been handed a note. Apparently that’s, um, like, incorrect. Turns out this episode of The Fink Tank does, in fact, contain quite a lot of filler. Filler words. You know the ones. Um. Kinda, like, ya know, ummm, if that makes sense? Communication is central to the success of nearly every job. Warren Buffet famously said you can increase your value by 50% by improving your public speaking skills... no matter your

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00:07:52

Vigilante justice

The Fink Tank ·

2024/03/14

The statute of limitations has expired, so I confess that on 4 February 2017 I beat up a motivational speaker in the Sofitel ballroom in Sydney.I watched this clown of a presenter commit a litany of egregious public speaking crimes. The captive audience suffered horribly, and I knew I had to act. “The standard you walk past is the standard you accept” Not on my watch. This speaker, this MONSTER, did horrible things. Among other travesties, he: ⛵ told a long irrelevant story about the time

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00:07:08

Powdering our noses

The Fink Tank ·

2024/03/07

Ready for some Friday morning schadenfreude? After a triumphant first day's skiing in Japan, Col and me crash back down to earth, literally and figuratively!We were lucky enough to be skiing before we started school. We've spent our whole lives being excellent skiers... in Australian conditions. Imagine our shock when Japan exposed just how bad at skiing we can actually be! It was a humbling and hilarious experience. And it's similar to something we see in a number of work-related

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00:06:08

Don't fight the universe

The Fink Tank ·

2024/02/29

The Fink Tank on tour, from the Hakuba ski fields of Japan! 🇯🇵⛷️🗻Fighting the universe is a tough gig. It’s much bigger than you, and notoriously stubborn. What do you do when your great plan ISN’T a great plan for right now? Your ability to be flexible and adjust accordingly is key. My favourite part of this episode - apart from recording it on a chairlift! - is when my mind blows at the 4:30s mark. As usual, we laugh quite a lot. --- Send in a voice message:

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