Making The Fink Tank has taught us comedic lessons about willpower, frameworks, and accountability.
It took MONTHS to get the Fink Tank up and running last year. A circus of self-sabotage left it languishing on the launchpad for months.
This was entirely my fault. Col and I recorded several episodes, and after a few weeks of weapons-grade procrastination I had a couple edited and ready to go. Yet I couldn’t hit publish. The imposter syndrome and fear of judgement was crippling. Worse than I’d ever felt before.
Sometimes, to stave off the misery, I’d go to Col’s and we’d record MORE episodes, still having actually published nothing. In retrospect, Col displayed extraordinary patience during this time. Perhaps my obvious turmoil evoked pity rather than frustration.
Anyway, after we FINALLY published the first episode in June, we didn’t miss a week for the whole rest of the year.
An absolute farce. Humans eh??
I learnt my lesson a bit faster this year. Having missed the intended start-of-Feb launch, I deployed a tactic I’ve learnt is more reliable than simply hating myself.
I loudly promised a room full of people - whose professional opinion matters - that Fink Tank Season Two would land today. Predictably I’m doing a late-night Thursday edit to hit the Friday deadline, but it’s here! Without a skerrick of self-loathing!
In this episode we talk about the pitfalls of relying on motivation, and what we can do instead. META.
Shout out to Fink Tank fan Donna McGeorge for the nudge in January. It meant more than you know.
