Episode Transcript
Speaker 0 00:00:01 Hi guys. It's Steve from cta. So today I'm talking about our five bille Friday. If you want to see this in a list form, you can head over to our website or follow me on social media, on Facebook or LinkedIn. So, uh, basically the five bullet Fridays where I share tips or insights. Um, sometimes it might be deep, sometimes it might just be an app or something really, um, straightforward in terms of, uh, watch this movie, read this book. Um, so it really varies, but it's things that I've learned in the week or I feel is worth sharing. It's sort of, um, insights and learnings I've made my myself. So for this week, and, and hopefully at least one thing resonates with you, um, you know, everybody's different and we're, uh, all doing different things. We're in different businesses, uh, but it only takes that one thing to kind of get you thinking.
Speaker 0 00:00:52 That's what it's all about really. And our own experience is always the most important, but other people can help, um, um, be a springboard for our own thinking. So the first one is Einstein says that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So I don't think I really need to say much else, but if you are a business owner and you're doing the same thing and you are wondering why your business is not changing, you probably need to put some thinking time aside and, and just think, what can I do differently? Where am I experimenting? Where am I investing in my business? Um, where am I improving my business? If you know, obviously this is based on science with Einstein, and, um, if you test things in physics and keep a test in the same thing, you're gonna get the same results.
Speaker 0 00:01:39 So in business, it's very similar. Uh, so hopefully that resonates with you. The other one is, the second one is the teacher reveals himself or herself when the student is ready. So that didn't really used to resonate with me, but it, it has done recently that we are kind of, we need to be in the right mental state and the right mind state, and we need to be attuned for looking for certain things in our lives to be ready to receive them. So, you know, if the student's not open, not ha doesn't have an open mindset, or they're not thinking and that, that they're, they're kind of tuned into the right frequency, they're not gonna hear the message from the teacher. So that's why this comes about until us as the student, we're all students, you know, every day's a learning day, which life is about learning and growing in, in many ways.
Speaker 0 00:02:26 And if we are not kind of open-minded to to things, we're gonna be shut off, closed, and, you know, nobody's gonna be a teacher to us because we're not looking for those opportunities to learn. Uh, third one is don't go it alone. So a bit like who, not how, but slightly different who not how is about, um, getting the right expertise and people that are good at what they do, but don't go alone for, for me is about just getting your team involved. You know, often as a leader in a business, you are a mile ahead all these ideas, but then you have to slow down. You are mile ahead and you've got to stop. You gotta wait for your team cuz
Speaker 1 00:02:58 You, you can't get there on your own. It's a team game, it's a team sport. So you really want the team pace itself to speed up not the pace of the leader. So you can't really go alone. You need to get the team up to speed. You know that the idea of the weakest link in the team or you're only as fast as the slowest person in the group. It's that sort of mentality to, if you wanna go faster, longer term, go slower, shorter term and get your team involved. Number three is, we all know about mental health awareness and all that sort of stuff nowadays. And a lot of it's been grounded in the here and now in the present. So meditation's a powerful tool. I've been meditating for quite a few years. Um, it's amazing. I, I know it's a term, it's overused, but it's probably has changed my life cuz it's made me far more grounded and balanced.
Speaker 1 00:03:43 Um, but the, the point of this one is you don't need to meditate for 10 to 50 minutes or 10 to 30 minutes to get the benefit. So what I've learned recently is even 30 seconds of awareness throughout the day can really help ground you. It can energize you. Just take a step back for 30 seconds. You know, the whole idea of taking five deep breaths, I guess I just think, what am I doing right now? Where am I? And everything's fine. You know, we tend to get too stuck in the past too, stuck in the future. And that's where the day runs without us. So grounding yourself for 30 seconds throughout the day, and I promise you, the more you do it, the more beneficial it be to you. It's still a challenge for me. Um, it's kind of an extension to meditation, you know, you can always, I still meditate, still do yoga Nedra, but, um, it's a good place to start.
Speaker 1 00:04:30 It's just 30 seconds of awareness. The final one is Keep It Simple. Stupid Kiss is the acronym. Keep it simple, stupid. I think, you know, basically what I'm saying is where are you over complicating things in your life or your business? We tend to make things harder than they need to be. Uh, simplifying is a massive skill and we should all really be trying to simplify the things in our life. I mean, you might notice that the best sportsmen in the world, they tend to make things a little simple. Um, you know, that's not to confuse simple with easy putting on muscle is simple, but it's not easy. So always look for opportunities to simplify your business and and your life. And that's me done. If you have any questions, just reach out to me. Um, cta, profit First Accountant, or on Facebook, LinkedIn, um, and or my email is Steven with a pH at chat. Chatum num tax accountants.co.uk. More than happy to, uh, for you to pick my brains. Thanks guys.
