Financial Modeler's Corner
00:02:42 · Paul Barnhurst, Giles Male
[00:02:42] S0: All great questions. So, one, anyone who knows me knows I'm an early riser. Giles is like, wait. Isn't he in The US? Why is he messaging me at this time? What's wrong with that guy? And lots of other people think that. Although you'll laugh, I went to lunch with somebody last week, and I sent him a message. I wanna say it was, like, 03:30 or four in the morning. And they responded a few minutes later, and I remember thinking they're in the same time zone. I'm like, what's wrong with this person? They're up so early. And I thought... They go, yeah. I'm in early... I get up before my kids and do stuff, and so I can enjoy the evening with them, and I laughed because someone who is actually like me for a change. So one, very early riser. I usually get up, work for a couple hours. Early morning, that usually involves catching up on email. At least once or twice a week, I'm taking a meeting probably from Europe early before my daughter gets up. That usually involves getting some kinda post ready for the day, maybe working on a presentation. Then I'll get my daughter off to school, and then usually I run. That's kinda my time. Nice. I actually mostly run on the treadmill. I've been recovering from an injury, and I'm finally fully back. And so now I'm working on training program to run a sub twenty minute five k is the goal. [00:03:42] S1: That is fast. That's a good challenge. [00:03:44] S0: I got there before about a year ago, and I wanna get back now that my injury is finally done. So that's on a treadmill, so add a minute to that. But, hey, I'll still take it.
00:03:44 · Paul Barnhurst, Giles Male
[00:03:44] S0: I got there before about a year ago, and I wanna get back now that my injury is finally done. So that's on a treadmill, so add a minute to that. But, hey, I'll still take it. [00:03:52] S1: I've got some funny stories with you because, you know, we've done training together, and you are a sucker for stitching yourself up and booking training two in the morning your time, which I really appreciate, but you always stitch yourself up.
00:03:52 · Giles Male, Paul Barnhurst
[00:03:52] S1: I've got some funny stories with you because, you know, we've done training together, and you are a sucker for stitching yourself up and booking training two in the morning your time, which I really appreciate, but you always stitch yourself up. [00:04:05] S0: You know, I always try to be the one that's willing to take the difficult time, especially if I've asked the person, you know, as much as I can. But... Yes. So what Giles is referring to, and I'll get back to the rest of my week, usually, there's a training in there. Usually, there is a webinar or some kind of speaking event and a couple podcasts. So on average in a week, I'm probably doing some kind of speaking event, podcast training, or webinar 15 times a month, roughly, maybe 17. You know, sometimes I've done as many as five in a day. And then I'm probably meeting with three or four vendors during the week, either talking about a marketing collaboration or just wanting to see their tool and talk to them, whether it's a spreadsheet software tool, whatever it might be, giving advice. And then the rest of the week, I could be working on a digital training. I could be working on, you know, web page for affiliate. I could be doing something on LinkedIn. But that typically the week for me, I usually finish my work between two and 5PM, depending on whether I gotta go get my daughter from school and what's going on about 02:30 and five, but I'm often starting between three and four.
00:04:05 · Paul Barnhurst, Giles Male
[00:04:05] S0: You know, I always try to be the one that's willing to take the difficult time, especially if I've asked the person, you know, as much as I can. But... Yes. So what Giles is referring to, and I'll get back to the rest of my week, usually, there's a training in there. Usually, there is a webinar or some kind of speaking event and a couple podcasts. So on average in a week, I'm probably doing some kind of speaking event, podcast training, or webinar 15 times a month, roughly, maybe 17. You know, sometimes I've done as many as five in a day. And then I'm probably meeting with three or four vendors during the week, either talking about a marketing collaboration or just wanting to see their tool and talk to them, whether it's a spreadsheet software tool, whatever it might be, giving advice. And then the rest of the week, I could be working on a digital training. I could be working on, you know, web page for affiliate. I could be doing something on LinkedIn. But that typically the week for me, I usually finish my work between two and 5PM, depending on whether I gotta go get my daughter from school and what's going on about 02:30 and five, but I'm often starting between three and four. [00:05:09] S1: I think one of the things that I always observe about you is actually you're quite similar to Faye like this. You... Every time I speak to you, you've got a new idea or there's something else. It's another podcast or a... [00:05:20] S0: Yeah. Gotta be careful about I
00:05:20 · Paul Barnhurst, Giles Male
[00:05:20] S0: Yeah. Gotta be careful about I [00:05:21] S1: know. And I always think to myself, like, how do you find the hours in the day? So is that just your personality that you're constantly thinking of? What's the
00:05:29 · Paul Barnhurst
[00:05:29] S0: next It is little bit. I always have ideas going on and I have to step back sometimes. Can't do it all. I love being involved in a lot of things. Like, I've been told by many people, you need to scale back your business. You know, if you look at my business, I got three podcasts, which one, people think is crazy in and of itself. Then I have an affiliate business. I have a training business. I have a research and advisory that I do with software vendors, educational content, you know, doing digital and corporate training. And I will admit, for a few years, it has slowed growth. If I was more focused, I probably could grow faster. But I also... A lot of stuff I love, like, I've met with 400 vendors in those meetings. I haven't been paid for any of those initial meetings, but it allows me to build a brand that's unique. Like, if you look at others, they're usually very focused, which is probably a good thing. But you look at mine. Okay. Some people like, oh, he's an expert in modeling. Yeah. I debate that. You know, he's an expert in FP and A software. He's an expert in FP and A. And so they... Or he's an expert in podcasting. And so they see a lot of different things, and that can be hard from a business standpoint when you're trying to get people into a funnel. But it also is really nice in the sense of one area of revenue goes down. I have multiple other areas. And as I continue to grow, it creates, to me, a unique kind of business. What I've come to the conclusion has nothing to do with modeling. But when people ask what my business is, in many ways, I'm a connector. And what I mean by that, having talked to 400 guests on a podcast, having done... Talked to almost 400 software vendors, I am often contacted and I'm connecting people together and really helping them find the right resource. So almost like, hey. If you're in FP and A and you need a resource, even if I can't provide it, I can point you in the right direction. I can connect people.