This week TK reflects on how the practice of regularly reviewing and questioning his guiding principles and daily routines has positively impacted his business journey and dives into the benefits of regularly scheduling the time to do so for any business owner looking to achieve a higher level of personal performance.  Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

Business and personal and growth very rarely comes in a linear fashion and sometimes on that journey we can view some of those growth moments as a setback or a step backwards but what if the quickest way forward is actually to take that backwards step.    Today TK is once again joined by Philotimo COO Elana Harari to share their growth experiences and the growing pains they had along the way.   Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

This week on the podcast TK  reflects on the growth journey many entrepreneurs face.   Diving into the challenges that growth can place on a business and its systems he looks at the frustrations of the learning path many of us face as we grow.   Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

This week TK explores how to promote and manage positive change in your business and life Drawing together concepts we have discussed in earlier episodes such as your minimum viable performance and the power of vulnerability Tk outlines an approach that will not only make change easier to implement but provide there mechanism to allow others to help along the way and the mindset to be kind to yourself during times of change. Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

As Melbourne once again finds itself in extended lockdown in her face of a new COVID outbreak. Tk turns to look at self-management and the important non-negotiable pillars we must maintain or put in place to ensure continual improvement and fulfilment not only during these times but in the face of the state of uncertainty that inherently comes with being a business owner.\ Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

Building a business can be a long journey and business growth most often does not come in a linear fashion but rather in fits and starts. Today  TK delves into the key elements and practices needed to create or maintain motivation in your entrepreneurial journey particularly at that point when the gains  can be seen in the business but may not have yet flown over to the personal   Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

Achieving a  1 mIllion dollar turnover is a big achievement for many in the SME space and it can be a daunting task for some business owners particularly for new entrepreneurs who have not reached this milestone before. Today TK takes us through the five things both you and your business must know and be ready for that helped his businesses and those he advises reach this important goal. Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

Today we revisit a classic episode of Backable where Tim sits down with Rhys Gorgol Founder and creative director of Melbourne-based creative Agency TCYK. In this re-edited and remastered episode, TK and Rhys delve deeper into the value and benefits a well-considered brand brings to a business and how through a thousand touch points it can affect every aspect of your business and its interactions with staff, stakeholders, suppliers, and clients.   Connect with Rhys via the links below:  Website: https://tcyk.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tcykdesign/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-company-you-keep/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhysgorgol/   Join the Backable community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website  

Most small businesses are built on a set of values, values that in the beginning will closely reflect those of the business owner but as the business grows and evolves so to must those values to reflect and support the company culture and future growth.   In today’s Solo-Cast  TK reflects on a conversation with a long-term client and poses the question What value are you placing on your values?  Are your company values just a poster on the wall or are they a living breathing being and something that you and your team live by and will fight to defend? Hope you enjoy.   Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

  The last 12 months have been a time of immense and ongoing change and whilst the scale may be different, change is something that all business owners are inherently familiar with. Today TK  looks at how to manage change as Australian businesses try to find some sense of normalcy as we reopen.  He looks at the reasons behind rejecting change, how we can best utilise it and how we protect ourselves as the head of the business during times of change.   Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

This week Tim and Nigel sit down to ask the question  “Should you be making a profit in your business?” The answer is not as straight forward as you may think. We discuss the difference between being self-employed or a freelancer and owning a business and Scale strategies for both. Finding the balance between available cashflow and investment capital and setting an acceptable and achievable self-investment strategy to ensure you get paid appropriately along the  way   Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

This week Tk is joined by Red Stafstrom host of the Broken Sales People  Podcast. Red shares his journey from door to salesman in some of Americas toughest neighbourhoods to successful sales trainer and host of the Broken Salespeople Podcast.  He tells of the pivotal and painful moment that prompted him to question everything, completely change his approach to sales and rebuild his approach from the ground up.   Tk and Red also talk about: The mistakes most people make in the sales process and how to fix them The dangers of a sales script And the link between stand up comedy, improvisation and sales. If you have ever struggled in sales or felt out of place in a sales role then this is the episode for you   Hope you enjoy.   Connect with  Red below:    Website Podcast Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube   Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

In this episode, TK is joined by Zachariah Moreno and Rockwell Felder the co-founders of SquadCast.fm. We find out how these two high school friends brought their two disparate but complementary skillsets together to build the intuitive audio and video recording platform that is taking the podcast world by storm Zach and Rock share with us how they exited successful corporate careers to deliver on their mission to amplify collaboration through SqaudCast.fm, the fears they had in doing so and how trusting in their partnership got them through. The first time founders also discuss the two-way responsibility they see In their relationship with their advisory board and the true value that they have found in investment which has very little to do with money.    Connect with SquadCast.fm Website Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Connect with Zach Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Connect with Rock Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn     Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

This week TK is joined 2019 Ms Fitness International titleholder, 9 time IFBB Fitness Champion and founder of Ryfit International Ryall Graber In this episode, Ryall opens up about the toll that success and her own drive placed on her in 2010 leaving her, outwardly at the peak of her career but privately both physically and emotionally broken. At rock bottom, she was faced with a choice; follow the advice of the coaches she had surrounded herself with and who had gotten her to where she was or turn inward and trust her own intuition and find her own balance to take the next steps on her journey. Hope you Enjoy. Connect with Ryall: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RyallFitness Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/ryallfitness/ Ryall Fitness Getaway: https://www.instagram.com/ryallfitnessgetaway/ Website: http://www.ryallgraber.com/   Join Backable Below: FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/backable Backable IG: https://www.instagram.com/backableai/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/71373587/ Podcast: https://www.podfollow.com/backable Tim’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/timkrotiris/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu5iJiD0VT6hEOS_EgcAGjw? Website: https://www.backable.ai/  

This week Tim sits down with Clare Wood, Business Coach, Money Mentor and host of the extremely successful Clare Wood Podcast. We discuss how the stories you have been telling yourself about money are holding you back, how to achieve the right mindset around money and wealth to unlock the next stage in your financial development and Clare shares some simple strategies she used to launch her podcast to Number 2 on the iTunes business podcast charts.   Hope you enjoy .   Connect with Clare here:  The Clare Wood Podcast Website Instagram Facebook Pinterest   Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website    

Tim sits down with Rahul Aggarwal, Co-founder of  Designhill a unique online marketplace created to overcome the challenges faced by business owners in outsourcing high-quality creative solutions and designers who have been looking for creative freedom. We discuss the pro’s and con’s of self-funding growth for entrepreneurs, the reality of and lessons learned in bootstrapping a multinational business. The changing face of the Indian Entrepreneurial scene and Rahul shares some of the secrets he uses in scaling Designhill that has led it to be acknowledged as the Creative Startup Of The Year 2019 by Entrepreneur Magazine.   Join the Backable Community: Podcast  Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram  YouTube   Connect with Rahul Rahul Linkedin Rahul Twitter   Connect with Designhill  Website Designhill Twitter Designhill Linkedin  Designhill Instagram   Designhill Facebook In conjunction with the episode release, Designhill has put together some exclusive discounts for our Backable listeners. See the details below.   # Offer 1: Get Exclusive 15% on Designhill's Contest Service Use code: WF15 Validity: Offer valid till 30th Nov 2021 Backable Contest Offer    # Offer 2: Get Exclusive 25% Off on Designhill's Logo Maker Service Use code: WF25 Validity: Offer valid till 30th Nov 2021 Backable Logo Offer    # Offer 3: Get Exclusive 10% Off on Printshop by Designhill Use code: WF10 Validity: Offer valid till 30th Nov 2021 Backable Printshop Offer 

Freedom is something that all entrepreneurs crave and it may seem antithetical but the greatest freedom can be only be achieved through structure. The world's top performers in any endeavour be it business or on the sporting field, all adhere to structured routines to increase performance. In today's episode, Tim and Elana ask the questions:   What is Top performance to you?    What does it take to be or become a top performer in your life?   What Role does your “team” play in helping you achieve consistent top performance?   Hope you enjoy.   Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

Steve Jobs once said it is only by saying “no” that you can concentrate on the things that are really important. But saying no is not something that comes naturally to most entrepreneurs particularly in the early days of a business. In this episode Tim and Elana breakdown the process of saying no. We talk identifying the right opportunities to green light, building the muscle of saying no without killing innovation and the often hidden cost and dangers of saying yes. Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

Today Tim is joined by Chad Willardson, founder and president of Pacific Capital, a wealth management firm in Southern California and author of the book Stress Free Money: Overcome These 7 Obstacles to Find Financial Freedom. We discuss the lessons Chad learned from his time with Merrill Lynch and how they helped shape the creation of his own client-centric wealth advisory firm. We also talk about people's relationship with money and investing, the important role contribution has played in Chad's life and he also shares some simple tips for those just starting in their investment journey.   Connect with Chad & the Pacific Capital Team Below: Stress Free Money Instagram Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube     Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website

Effort is an essential business and continual consistent effort even more so but what if these efforts are producing diminishing returns or not achieving what we set out to? There comes a time in any business when we must move the focus from effort to outcome if we are looking to change the game. Are you asking yourself the right questions to make an impact? Are you able to self adjust and change the trajectory? Are you placing your efforts in the right areas? Hope you enjoy.   Join the Backable Community: Podcast Member’s Facebook Group LinkedIn Backable Instagram Tim’s Instagram YouTube Website