Accounting High 038 What's Your And is Why's Asymptote (feat. John Garrett)
Feb 14, 2022
58:30
Episode 38
Author of What’s Your And | whatsyourand.com | Recorded November 8, 2021
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Zachary’s Takeaways
- Water cooler talk is not enough.
- You must go deeper with your team.
- Your people are far more important than your clients.
- Harness the energy within everyone and bring it into the organization and allow it to cultivate.
- People, clients, and staff love honesty.
- 85% of what makes up a person's life, we pretend is not there.
- We remember people by their “And”
- We do all of these things. We talk about our Ands to build connections and help us feel good about life and experience satisfaction and joy.
- Don't be a micromanager.
- We are all grown adults.
- Breathe in happy.
Scott’s Takeaways
- 8% of people don’t have hobbies
- apparently your "And" and your "Why" can’t intersect
- Ben’s “And” is Jerry or ice cream?
- there are a lot of accountants that are really good at accounting but not great at running a business
- the No. 1 indicator of your success is your people
- you gotta be honest with yourself before you can bring out honesty in others
- all we really want in life is human connections
- the only people who care what phone you have are people
shout outs:
Simon Sinek “search your soul and find your why”
Jay Leno “makes you feel like you’re part of the group”
Mark Winburn “breath in happy”
Rebecca Berneck “breaking motorcycle land speed records”
Matthew Heggem “the dance of business”
Tony Nitti “mountain backing and extreme skiing and surfing”
Rumba Bwerinofa-Petrozello “karaoke in Berlin”
Dawn Brolin “NCAA champion in softball”
Lorilyn Wilson “NCAA champion in softball”
Ben Westbrook “a degree in opera”
Steven Pressfield “The War of Art”