In the third episode of From zero to a hundred, Simon Lidzén sits down with Fast Track CFO Nicky Abela, and the conversation keeps circling back to one idea: whatever the function, whatever the problem, it always comes down to attitude.

That starts with a simple discomfort with not knowing something, and refusing to hand it off just because it's not "your area." It shows up in how Fast Track budgets: not detailed models stacked on assumptions, but principles, historical data, and constantly asking why a number looks the way it does. It's also why the team built its own model for calculating player value, and its own financial consolidation tooling, rather than buying off the shelf.

It comes down to one habit above all: get into the details, or you're only ever guessing. The answer to almost any disagreement is the same: show me, the instinct that once led to a reporting application getting built at one in the morning rather than waiting on a tool that wasn't working.

This is a conversation about budgets and finance on the surface, but really it's about how attitude, more than the plan you start with, decides what you're capable of building.