Me myself and I

I sat down and gave myself a good hard talking to.

Literally. On the Fink Tank matching chairs. In Budapest!

My voice sometimes comes out of someone else’s mouth. If it’s one of my brothers, it’s often the exact sentence I would have said. In a voice that sounds exactly like mine.

In the days of landline phones, someone calling the Fink house couldn’t tell which of the four male Finks in the house they were speaking to. In group conversation with friends, I can often hear my contribution come from someone else, just before I was about to say it. The phrasing or intonation will probably be pretty similar too, even if the exact voice isn’t.

If it’s the ideas I want to share, they’re probably similar to what the rest of LinkedIn is saying (this week hustle culture is dead!)

This is completely normal. We’re all products of our environment, no matter how individual we feel.

So. If my thoughts are indistinguishable from other people’s, do mine matter? Do yours?

In this special Fink Tank episode, sans Col Fink, I sat down with myself in Budapest to talk about it.