Stress Tested | Ep 05

The Journey Podcast
Written By Zachary Phillips
 

June 2025, Talking points:

  • Keeping profitable whilst managing life stress

  • The ‘superman’ trap - trying to do it all yourself rather than with a system

  • Reframing the ideal employee pool and how to get the best from your staff and staffing process

  • The morality narrative around greed, manipulation, self promotion, advertising and the concept of money

  • The personality needed to handle crisis as they arise

  • Planning for the ‘unknown unknowns’ to ensure that unexpected crisis don’t cripple your personal or business life

Book recommendation: ‘Never Split The Difference’ - Chris Voss

Matt’s current focus: An active focus marketing (content creation on social) and potentially increasing awareness around catering. Hiring more staff and writing up the process- Follow @thebeardedpigau & thebeardedpig.com.au

Zac’s current focus: Find the balance of 1:1 work with other duties and life. Continue to build up content and website - Follow @zacpphillips & zachary-phillips.com

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Zachary Phillips

Zachary Phillips is a counselor, coach, meditation instructor, author, and poet. He helps entrepreneurs, spiritualists, and survivors identify and release the limiting beliefs that no longer serve. With compassion and insight, he supports them as they navigate dark nights of the soul and find peace, guiding them from surviving to passionately thriving using tips, tools, and techniques that enable them to process the past, accept the present, and embrace the future with positivity and purpose. Zachary is also a qualified teacher, personal trainer, Reiki master, and is currently studying a Master of Counseling.

https://www.zachary-phillips.com
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