Playing the Long Game is a solo podcast on long-term thinking in business, leadership, and life.
Hosted by Yusuf Bodiat — CFO, author of The Bottom Line, and founder of Pragmatic Thinking.
Each episode: one idea, plainly spoken. Cash flow, strategy, execution, leadership, integrity, and what actually shapes outcomes over decades — not quarters.
New episodes every Wednesday.
Most leaders know exactly what needs to happen. The hard part isn't the plan — it's the 10,000 decisions between the plan and the outcome.In this episode, we look at the gap between knowing and doing, why great execution requires discipline rather than special knowledge, and what happens when even deliberate execution meets a reality that doesn't care about your plan.---Playing the Long Game — long-term thinking, plainly spoken. With Yusuf Bodiat.More at linktr.ee/yusufbodiat
19 Aug 2026
Plans don't survive the strategy session
Every year, executive teams disappear to hotels and hire facilitators. They build documents. They present frameworks. Then they return to work — and everything continues exactly as it did before.In this episode, we look at why strategy sessions produce plans but not strategy, the difference between the two, and the Monday morning test that separates real strategy from expensive theatre.---Playing the Long Game — long-term thinking, plainly spoken. With Yusuf Bodiat.More at linktr.ee/yusufbodiat
19 Aug 2026
The decisions that show up years from now
Most decisions we make today only matter years from now. So why do we treat them like they only matter tomorrow?In this episode, we explore why loud decisions get all the attention while the quiet ones shape our lives. From hyperbolic discounting to compound interest — a look at the choices that define who we become.---Playing the Long Game — long-term thinking, plainly spoken. With Yusuf Bodiat.More at linktr.ee/yusufbodiat
19 Aug 2026
Broke by month-end
A business can be profitable on paper but broke by month-end. Most businesses that fail don't fail because they're not making money — they fail because they run out of cash.In this episode, we unpack the difference between profit and cash, why fast-growing businesses can grow themselves into insolvency, and the three levers that define cash flow discipline.---Playing the Long Game — long-term thinking, plainly spoken. With Yusuf Bodiat.More at linktr.ee/yusufbodiat
2 Jul 2026
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Most decisions we make today only matter years from now — but we treat them like they only matter today.
Playing the Long Game is a solo podcast on long-term thinking in business, leadership, and life. Season 1 covers ten ideas that shape outcomes over decades, not quarters.
Season 1 launches Wednesday 12 August 2026.
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