The Fink Tank

The Fink Tank

By Cam and Col FinkBusinessCareers
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The Fink Tank episodes

  • Proficiency is not enough

    Most people are better at their job than they are at promoting themselves. Sound like you??
    In solopreneur utopia, the quality of your work is all the self-promotion you need. Back here on planet Empty-Funnel, a more proactive approach is usually required.
    Inspired by a Tim Urban post (the brilliant Wait-But-Why guy), Col and I share stories of how and why self-promotion is so important.

    We'd love to hear your stories. What self-promotion works for you? What success stories can you encourage newbies with??

    6 min
  • Resisting what you need

    When is it okay to torture a child?


    In this Friday's Fink Tank, Col regales us with swimming lesson experiences that balance opposing interests. From heartbreaking to hilarious, it's quite a journey.


    As adults, we often resist growth that would improve our happiness or success in the long term, because it's extremely uncomfortable in the moment.


    What can we do about it?

    11 min
  • Managing shame (the fart jar story)

    We all get it wrong from time to time. When people are laughing at you (or you *think* they are), what do you do?

    In this follow-up to last week's Fink Tank about flipping the focus of self-promotion (Take the hit), we chat about Cam's brief and ultimately insignificant shame spiral following the deft touch of a very funny man we don't even know.
    If you're not permanently hiding under a rock, you'll inevitably nurse a bruised ego at some point. You might bomb on stage. Commit a cultural faux pas. Be the butt of a joke you haven't understood yet.
    Mild in retrospect but all-consuming in the moment, how do you ride that emotional maelstrom?
    For his part, the author of the initial "grind-set" message never stopped posting, despite being mocked by a large portion of the internet for a day. He didn't delete the evidence either. I'm no fan of his content or attitude, but his resilience is impressive. I wonder how long the emotion burned when his post got ratioed and subsequently went viral?

    7 min
  • Take the hit

    What does a rotary-dial red phone that can only call Jeff Buckley have to do with running your own business?

    Promoting yourself can be a cringe-ridden struggle. Cam and Col discuss ways to reframe the difficult practice of putting yourself out there.

    In this episode Col references "the cream, the white, the off-white, the ivory or the beige". Those unfamiliar with The 12th Man will wonder why a parody of the doyen of Australian cricket commentary warrants a mention. Those who are familiar will be screaming "what about the bone?!?"

    7 min

About The Fink Tank

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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.