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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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00:07:32

Who ARE you?

The Fink Tank ·

2026/04/16

Here at The Fink Tank we usually aim for practical observations.NOT TODAY.Today we get our woo-woo on.Col and I usually deal in useful ideas for solo pros, sibling dickheadery, and the occasional uncomfortable truth.Today we ask a far less manageable question:Who ARE you?It gets pretty weird. Also, I learnt some new words.

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00:09:15

I see your Schwarz is as big as mine

The Fink Tank ·

2026/04/09

Hands up (again) all our favourite “I think I might have ADHD” people 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️For a lot of us, finding an explanation for things we’ve struggled with can be a huge relief. But a diagnosis doesn’t neatly absolve responsibility. In last years Fink Tank about ADHD, we talked about the subtle difference between an explanation and an excuse. It prompted more conversation, in the comments and real life, than perhaps any other episode last year. Clearly it’s a distinction people grapple with.In today’s

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00:06:18

Not here to be reasonable

The Fink Tank ·

2026/04/02

“Mate, I’m not here to be f*cken reasonable!”- Some well-dressed guy at the football.Being a parochial sports fan is one thing. Objecting to basic facts is another. The guy next to us was so one-eyed I eventually said something. His response was perfect.Because in that moment he wasn’t trying to be fair. Or even coherent. He was being a rabid sports fan, and he was in exactly the right place. In his eyes, I was the unreasonable one. And he had a point!We get to choose who we are depending on the

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00:06:33

A Logical Phallusy

The Fink Tank ·

2026/03/26

“Cam, you’re smart enough to always be ‘right’, and I can’t be bothered anymore.”Oof.In our twenties, Col stopped talking to me for a few years. Fair enough.Smart people aren’t less biased. They’re just better at explaining why they’re “right”. That was me, and I was insufferable. There’s a poster of fallacies and biases in Col’s toilet, and it prompted some terrible jokes and useful reflection:If you’re always right, you’re definitely not.

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00:07:29

There's money in funny

The Fink Tank ·

2026/03/19

I expressed my exasperation to Col’s 6-year-old son Deakin. His response was so funny it completely dissolved the tension.Being funny is a great quality. Even if you’re not exactly sure what’s funny or why. In this Fink Tank, Col and I laugh about the nature of humour and why it matters in life and work.Being stand-up-comedian level funny is beyond most people, for effort and talent reasons. But we think everyone is capable of adding a bit of humour to their repertoire.Skip to 6:25 for some terrible

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00:05:13

The Great Esky Heist

The Fink Tank ·

2026/03/12

When I was 15, I stole an esky full of drinks from a random campsite. Not exactly the heist of the century, but it felt huge in the context of my teenage attempts at rebellion. I was fingered as the perp the next morning. I feared the worst, but the poor bastard whose beers I nicked had other ideas.In this Friday Fink Tank I share a story Col had never heard. I definitely never told mum or dad!My selfish teenage idiocy had wronged a good man. I was expecting humiliation and punishment. Instead, he

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00:06:11

Get better problems

The Fink Tank ·

2026/03/05

I came home to human poo in the driveway. Our fridge broke the same day.Life will always have problems. Are they actually problems though?In this Fink Tank Col Fink and I laugh about the human audacity to complain about things that were luxuries unavailable to even kings or queens only a hundred years ago.In a great 2024 article about the quality of problems, Alicia McKay wrote:Most of the problems I complain about are:a) Entirely the result of my own choicesb) Actually a sign of progress and

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00:05:34

Short changed

The Fink Tank ·

2026/02/26

I rented an e-bike and shot myself in the foot.By making life “easier” I accidentally made it less rewarding.If you run a business, it’s quite likely you love some parts more than others. In this Friday Fink tank Col Fink and I talk about the bits we love in our work, and the bits we like considerably less. And the difficulty of maintaining touch with the parts that light you up.We admire the audacity of successful operators like Dr. Jason Fox (wizard) 𓃦, who stopped doing email, and Alicia McKay,

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00:04:03

The Meh Effect

The Fink Tank ·

2026/02/19

Did it hurt?When you read something so profound it left you reeling. A book that laid your soul bare. An article that prised open your brain. A quote distilling the human condition to its essence. An idea so poignant it simply MUST be shared with your bestie. You buy them the book. You email the article. You forward the meme.You anticipate deep connection, gratitude, shared metamorphosis. Instead you get… meh.Yeah. That hurt. Sometimes the meh person is yourself, a few days or months later.The Fink

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00:07:16

Seasons End

The Fink Tank ·

2025/12/18

Col’s four year old daughter Darwin rode a pedal bike for the first time last week. If it weren’t for the Fink Tank, I would have missed it.In our final episode for this year, we reflect on the surprising longevity of the project, and the multiple ways it has brought joy to our lives.Since June 2023, we’ve dropped 114 episodes in 130 weeks. Apart from season breaks, we’ve only missed one Friday publishing deadline. For anyone who knows the Finks, that is ASTONISHING.We love the conversations and

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00:08:30

Dead Dad Club

The Fink Tank ·

2025/12/11

If you’re a member of the Dead Parent Club, today’s Fink Tank is for you.Our dad Tony died 27 years ago. On his anniversary yesterday we honoured him in Col’s shed. I’m now about the same age as Dad was as I remember him. When I was younger all I could see were the differences. As I’ve aged, I’ve been quietly chuffed to grow into the similarities. I love seeing echos of his character in Col.We’re all a reflection of our parents, for better or worse. Tony was a wonderful dad, so most similarities are

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00:04:39

No news is good news

The Fink Tank ·

2025/12/04

People warned us about going to the United States. With alarming news at saturation point, we had doubts ourselves. Here’s what happened:Everything was fine.In Florida, people warned us about going to New Orleans.New Orleans was amazing. We went to a Halloween street party in the suburbs, and it was pure delight. But the people there warned us about going to downtown New Orleans.Downtown New Orleans is fantastic. We took the kids for a sunset walk on Bourbon Street, and they loved it.The news paints

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00:03:33

November rain

The Fink Tank ·

2025/11/27

If you’re hurtling toward Christmas in a hectic hot mess, here’s the good news:That’s fine. It’s what November is for.If things are STILL chaotic in February, we might have issues. Our great mate and friend of the show Digby Scott writes an annual “Christmas won’t fix it” newsletter. In the spirit of nuanced debate for which social media is revered, The Fink Tank offers this response:He’s wrong.Christmas WILL fix it. Life and work come in cycles. There's an end-of-year frenzy, then we chill out

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00:03:05

Driving me crazy

The Fink Tank ·

2025/11/20

Cars are singularly amazing, and a collective pain in the arse.In this (mercifully short) Fink Tank rant, Col and I bemoan the loss of amenity in cities designed entirely around cars.It points to a frequently occurring tension in modern individualistic life:Things that make MY day easier often make EVERYONE’S day worse. Including mine.(Ha! I toyed with writing “make ONE’S day easier” for the inclusive feel, but it looks archaic. However I did just realise referring to oneself as “one” makes more

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00:05:27

Brilliant... and boring

The Fink Tank ·

2025/11/13

Is it just us, or is everyone else already bored with AI generated stuff?The explosion of prompt-generated videos WITH OUR OWN FACES in fantastical scenarios is astonishing. And also dull. It’s eye-catching, but devoid of any substance. There’s zero emotional investment.Video calls with 10-year-old Harriet often involve her head turning into a skull with rainbows pouring out of its ears, or a cute giraffe in a sombrero. The software tracks her facial expressions, and the cartoon head mimics her

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00:07:47

Invisible problems

The Fink Tank ·

2025/11/06

Without vision correction, I truly cannot see how many finger’s you’re holding up. I can barely see how many fingers I’M holding up.But I almost exclusively wear contact lenses, so even people who know me well are sometimes surprised to find out I'm short-sighted at all.Glasses are an indicator of the problem AND the solution. Contact lenses quietly solve the problem without anybody knowing you even have one.There's a big difference between visible and invisible help.Following the wonderful

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00:07:42

A brush with Hollywood

The Fink Tank ·

2025/10/30

My Airbnb roommate was a Hollywood movie star. I had no idea. I was at the Toronto Greek Film Festival for Ange & The Boss, and the organiser said, “You’ve got a roommate tonight. You’ll like him.”Five minutes later, he’s pointing at me going, “Wait… you’re the guy who made that Ange Postecoglou film?”Turns out he knew half the people in it. He’d actually PLAYED with them in the 1980s.His name was Costas Mandylor. When injury cut his football career short, he pursued acting. Quite successfully,

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00:09:39

Explanation or excuse?

The Fink Tank ·

2025/10/23

Hands up all our favourite “I think I might have ADHD” people This week’s Fink Tank kicks off with Col “diagnosing” both of us, before comparing ADHD to being left-handed. Something that only showed up in the stats once it became socially acceptable to admit it.We dig into the blurry line between explanation and excuse.When does understanding yourself help you grow, and when does it just become a way to justify bad behaviour? At what point does “this is how my brain works” turn into “if you can’t

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00:05:37

Flawed apples

The Fink Tank ·

2025/10/16

Ever meet someone’s family and think, ah, that explains everything?Mum, Col, and his eldest son Deakin came to visit us in Wellington. Our collective Fink quirks, gathered in the McKay family home (portmanteau options include FcKay or McKink, pronounced with relish), were suddenly much more visible to me than usual.We like to imagine we’re all unique, self-made individuals. But truthfully, most of us are just slightly modified versions of our parents. Flawed apples rolling a short distance from the

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00:03:48

Disc golf

The Fink Tank ·

2025/10/09

Ever noticed that the less you care about something, the easier it is?Everyone wants to grow. Almost universally, we want to improve and upskill, we want to look back on our journey and see how far we’ve come.And yet, we’ll reliably prevent ourselves from improving by locking ourselves away, playing small, and avoiding risks.I have no particular interest in getting good at disc golf, but funnily enough the very fact that I don’t really care about the outcome means that yesterday, given a chance to

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