Welcome, listeners, to another stimulating and informative episode of Freedom Ocean. This week, James and Timbo talk about patterns, the future of retail businesses, resilience and simplifying in business and in life.

 

In this podcast:

*     Tim describes James' working setup
*     History repeating itself
*     What is James’ “superpower”?
*     How retail businesses fall short
*     Upfront pain for long term gain
*     Paring things down
*    Smart content management

 

Quotables:
...humans haven't changed much for 3,000 years... [Click To Tweet].
...you should be more focused on the quality of your content... [Click To Tweet].
I think that the salespeople will continue to thrive. [Click To Tweet].

 

 
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Transcription:
Tim:                Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome back to the Freedom Ocean. I am Timbo Reid. Right there is Jimmy James Schramko.
James:            G’day, Timbo.
Tim:                 We should be able to paint a picture Jim... Jimmy, I think, well, right now?
James:            I thought that was funny counting down 3-2-1 since we are in the same room.
Tim:                 It’s nice!
James:            Yeah, it is nice. It’s that idea that we’re doing something together.
Tim:                 Correct. There’s a lot of love in this room. Let me paint a picture for everyone listening right now. I’m sitting in James’ apartment in... I was going to say Bondi but it is Manly. We are overlooking the ocean, we are sitting in a dark room. James has a very sort of “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” chandelier above his head. We are surrounded with technology. I’m sitting on a couch which I think would be listed in any atlas, it’s that big.
James:            No, It actually comes with its own postcode.
Tim:                 I’ve no doubt. So, mate, it’s great! It’s lovely to be able to look out to the real Freedom Ocean and to kind of eyeball each other as we banter our way through this episode.
James:            So depending on the level of audio engineering we do, you may be able to hear the surf. But that’s probably one of the greatest attractions for me, it’s the fresh air and the continual little surf background, it’s quite relaxing.
Tim:                 Yeah it is. You can get used to that. I’m just sitting here in your lounge room, mate, and just been into your office and even in your kitchen. You’re surrounded with technology. You cannot walk five metres without bumping into a tripod, a lighting set-up, a stand up desk with a MacBook on it. You have got all sorts of stuff and I wondered, like, five years ago, you wouldn’t have had, you might have had a zoom microphone.
James:            Hey, that’s an interesting topic because when I went to visit Google, they were talking about how many televisions or screens actually, it’s what they’re talking about, people encounter in a day. And then they started to include things like smart microwaves, fridges, your car, your watch, your phone, blah blah blah,