Episode 43: Our Relationship with Change
In Episode 43, Sam dives into our relationship with change, individually and collectively as an industry. This episode follows on from Episode 41 about the false beliefs and Episode 42 about our relationship with time, so if you haven't listened to the previous episodes go and do that first.
Sam explains why we need to be future focused as Accountants and as an industry, as well as the biggest block for us around doing so: getting clarity over what we actually want.
Sam explores through the steps in the process of uncovering what your future vision is, how to set timeframes so that you get past the immediate constraints and allow space for your future vision. Plus, Sam covers the power of knowing who you want to be working with, where you want that workplace to be and what you actually want to be doing.
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What we cover in the episode
The false fact that our industry doesn’t want to change
Why we need to be future focused as Accountants and as an Accounting Industry
One of the biggest blocks for us: getting clarity over what we actually want
The importance of integrating what you want in life and work (rather than treating them separately)
The steps you can take to get that clarity around your future vision
How to set timeframes so you get past the immediate future and allow space for your possible future vision
The power of knowing who you want to be working and spending time with
The reason you must also think about where you want to be working
The truth about visioning and future planning based on your feelings and emotions
How to get clear on what you actually want to be doing
Why you must apply this skill from your personal life to your work with clients
Quotes
“One of the biggest blocks for me and most of the clients that we work with is that [missing] clarity of where we actually want to end up. We’ve never spent a lot of time around that, what that looks like, and more importantly what it actually feels like. You can't change if you don't know where it is that you want to change to.”
“We tend to build our businesses and career, and then pop our life around it rather than looking at them as a holistic set.”
“If you can't really visualise what it is that you want to be doing, try with what is that you don’t. What don't you want to be feeling? What are you feeling right now that you would like to not feel in four or five years, or 12 months?
“Spend some time now thinking about what has actually really worked and what hasn't. So some of the working online has been really successful for people, some haven't. But I think going forward, we need to be clear on what we want that to look like. So we don't either go either way, and we've spent some time [asking] what do we want our workplaces [to be]?”
“We do get stuck in our every day [work] a lot. What do we do every day is super important, but we need to move out of that to be looking at the what [we want] as well, and make sure that your [vision] not what everyone else seems to think that you should be doing.”
“I can tell you that this is a superpower when it comes to efficiency and time well spent. Because if you end up somewhere that you didn't want to go, the time that you spent to get there is wasted.”
“Nothing that you should do in the future with your clients, your staff, your kids, or anybody should not be done and started right here with you.”
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