The Factors That Make or Break a Business | Ankur Jain and Alex Fiance

Ankur Jain (0:00)

You can be doing well, and you can be making the cash flow needed to cover your expenses as you're making it, but you never make enough to be able to put it away and have a meaningful dent as a backup.

And that rat race, I think, is what causes so much anxiety and stress for everybody. And what you've seen throughout this last year with COVID has just been so damn stressful because if something trips, then what do you do?

Alex Fiance (0:27)

So we've been talking about that stat, Mike, for four years. And the fact that COVID was this grand accelerant, this black swan that no one ever predicted, but we were already aware that the average person is hanging by a thread, which is why this has been especially scary.

Michael Gervais (0:51)

Okay, welcome back, or welcome to, if you're new here, to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm Michael Gervais, and by Trade and Training, I am a sport and performance psychologist. And the whole idea behind these conversations is to learn from people who have committed their life efforts towards mastery. What does that mean?

That means that we want to understand when they're looking at the frames, whatever frames of movement that we're talking about, whether it's the frames of business, or the frames of parenting, or the frames of sport, that they are not looking at the frames that most of us are looking at. Frame one to frame two to frame three, but they're actually looking at the space in between the frames.

Now, what does that mean? It's just that they see things differently because they've spent so much time trying to understand the nuances of either self or craft. And the conversations we're most interested in are with those people who have an understanding of both.

And we want to understand what these extraordinary people are searching for, how they organize their inner life and how they use their thinking, both mental skills and perspectives to be able to live in the present moment more often.

I want to take a minute here to announce a really exciting event that we have coming up. As you continue to navigate the challenges and opportunities of 2024, I want to pose a question. What are you doing right now to be great with stress? How are you working with stress on your pursuit towards your most important ambitions and goals? And I just want to get right to the heart of the key elements, one in particular, for what it takes to excel in today's high heat, high stakes world. Because stress is not the problem that we think it is. Stress is a synonym for change. And our ability to be agile with change, that is the real opportunity at hand. So if you're wanting to unlock extraordinary results and sustainable performance in your life, it's not about avoiding or reducing stress. And as simple as that sounds, it's very tricky to do, but it is about fundamentally changing your relationship with it.

And that's why I'm so thrilled to invite you to a special event. It's a free virtual event that we're offering and it's called The Power of Embracing Stress. It's on Wednesday, March 6th at 2 p.m. Pacific. So to sign up, just head over to findingmastery.com/training, whether it's advancing in your career or improving your health or cultivating stronger relationships, I think a new approach to stress can be one of the most powerful unlocks for you in your life. So join us for this free virtual training, The Power of Embracing Stress, on Wednesday, March 6th at 2 p.m. Pacific. Go to findingmastery.com/training to sign up once again. That's findingmastery.com/training. And I'm really excited to see you there.

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