Grow With Tim

If you could spend a few days with a billionaire, what questions would you ask them? What would you hope to take away from the experience? In today’s show, Tim shares takeaways from his conversations with 5 different billionaires. Specifically, he identifies 4 things that billionaires do differently from everybody else. The cool thing? You and I can do each one of these things! Listen now or watch...

What’s the #1 skill that makes or breaks an entrepreneur? (And no, it’s NOT just leadership or productivity.) After 25+ years coaching growth-minded founders and executives, Teresa Easler from Connect to the Core has spotted a pattern: It’s all about communication. Not the “I send a memo every week” kind—but the kind of communication that truly rallies a team, articulates vision, and drives result...

“Wait! He runs 8 companies and he works only 5 hours a week?!” Join Tim and his co-host JDew on an insightful journey into the world of entrepreneurship and high-impact networking in our latest episode of the podcast. This week, we dive into the remarkable lifestyle and strategies of billionaire Richard Koch, known for his groundbreaking application of the 80/20 Principle, based on the Pareto prin...

What's it like to be on Sam Walton's last quail hunt? Or hanging out in the locker room with MLB legend Jeff Bagwell? Or diving down the Autobahn in a fast car with a high powered business consultant peppering you with hard questions? In this compelling episode of the GrowWithTim Podcast, join Tim and his co-host Jeremiah as they share unforgettable stories from their meeting with billionaire Dray...

In this session, we explore how to reduce your cognitive load, enhance creativity, and get more (and better) stuff done! Emphasizing the importance of pre-making decisions, I suggest strategies to streamline daily tasks, such as planning your day the night before and creating lists to prioritize your actions. We have to stop wasting energy on small decisions throughout the day and instead use stra...

Karlan Tucker grew up in the poorest county in Michigan. Today, he’s built a series of businesses with over $6 billion in sales. But what’s it like to be MARRIED to him? In this episode, we are joined by Karlan's wife, Angela, who provides her unique perspective on their journey. Recorded at their beautiful home near Breckenridge, the episode delves into Angela's experience as the spouse of a succ...

From bankruptcy to a million-dollar payday in just over a month! This and many other great stories are just inside today's podcast with my guest Erik Weir. I met Erik aboard his private jet on the way to the wedding of a mutual friend. On that trip I had his undivided attention and got to ask all kinds of questions. I felt like I got a mini-MBA on that 4-hour plane ride, and it was just the beginn...

From the poorest county in Michigan to an 9,000 sq. ft. vacation home in the mountains of Colorado, my guest today has come a long way, literally and metaphorically. Today, Karlan Tucker is an über successful entrepreneur and owner of multiple businesses, but it wasn’t always that way. On today’s show, we trace his path to success and take away lessons for anyone who wants to achieve similar resul...

"I'm going to own the first supply depot on the moon." Now, if anybody else said that to me, I'd think they were perhaps delusional. But when today's podcast guest says this, I think I actually believe him! Adam Anderson is the founder and/or primary investor in nearly 30 startups. Adam's wife says he "does big things with cool people" and after you've listened to today's show, we think you'll agr...

Today’s show may be one of the most valuable and practical to date. It’s all about this incredibly valuable resource we call “attention.“ If we stop and think about it, we know it is insanely valuable. But so often, we give it away as if it is worthless. It seems like everybody and everything is trying to steal our attention, whether it be phone notifications, telemarketers, emails, text messages,...

"Beauty, Love, and Justice" sounds like an odd title for a business-focused podcast, right? You're right. But life is more than just business, and Jeremiah and Tim Joiner are here today to have an important conversation about life-changing experiences relating to "One Voice," JDew's one-man show that he's performed all over the country. History, Culture, and Real People -- these all make appearanc...

Everybody has blindspots. But do entire cultures (or subcultures) have blindspots? Turns out, the answer is yes. JDew and Tim don't look alike. And even though they're good friends, their backgrounds and experiences are quite different. Join them on today's podcast for an open conversation about how their respective subcultures sometimes miss each other entirely, and what to do about it. Today's p...

Tim never reads the same book twice, but he's read this one 4 times: The Power of Full Engagement. On today's show, Tim & JDew discuss and summarize the book. Here's the short version: Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance. In other words, the secret to high performance is NOT better time management. If you want to perform at your best, you have to get better at man...

Want to make 2023 a great year? Join Tim Joiner and JDew as they work though a January planning exercise designed to turn 2023 into an awesome year. Take a few minutes to figure out what you really want -- for your health, your relationships, your business, and more. And then turn those wants into SMART goals. We'll break it all down on today's podcast. Listen now, or watch it here: https://youtu....

364 days ago, I started an experiment: I committed to this podcast, plus posting one video a day on at least one of my social media channels, including several new ones (TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube) Curious about how it turned out and what the results were? Here’s the year in review. (Spoiler: it involved over 1M views, and a bunch of new opportunities!) It’s about 5 minutes long. For the best...

On this week’s show, my friend Jonathan Peeples turns the tables and interviews me. If you’ve ever wondered how to evade kidnapping or where to shoot live machine guns from helicopters, this is your podcast! But we also discussed more practical things, like how to defend your price and not get taken advantage of, how to use price anchoring, and how to turn failure into success. We talked about lit...

On this week’s show, my friend Jonathan Peeples turns the tables and interviews me. If you’ve ever wondered how to evade kidnapping or where to shoot live machine guns from helicopters, this is your podcast! But we also discussed more practical things, like how to defend your price and not get taken advantage of, how to use price anchoring, and how to turn failure into success. We talked about lit...

NOW is the time to make next year a great year. On today’s episode we’re talking Strategic Summits: What, Why, and How. It’s not enough to have goals. We need a plan. And we need to monitor our progress against that plan. Tim recently facilitated a Strategic Summit for one of JDew’s companies, and on today’s show we break it down. Join us! Listen now or watch it here: https://youtu.be/PSXbS9WLnjA

"You are the average of the people you hang out with and the books you read." The problem with that is, if you don't have access to the people you want to be like, it can be hard to level up. In this podcast, Tim & JDew share stories of some incredible people they've been privileged to know. Multi-millionaires and billionaires, political leaders, professional athletes, and incredibly talented...

In their lines of work, JDew and Tim Joiner often get to work with incredibly successful people. In this week’s show, they talk about some of those people and identify common traits that show up over and over among successful people. Success leaves clues! If we can follow those clues, we’re likely to find success a lot faster and easier than if we try to forge our own path. Join them in their purs...

“Everything rises and falls on leadership.” But what is leadership exactly? And if you don’t have enough of it, in yourself, or in your organization, is it possible to grow more of it? In today’s show, we offer a simple exercise for you to identify the most important aspects of leadership, and then evaluate yourself and your team against that standard. We also talk about how to develop other leade...

How do presidents manage their time and focus? Eisenhower was said to have run the country using a matrix of "urgent" and "important" tasks, later called the "Eisenhower Matrix." Popularized by Stephen Covey, it is sometimes called the "Four Quadrants" system. Whatever you call it, it's a great way to prioritize your time, energy, and focus. You might think that the "urgent AND important" box shou...

Growing your team might require better hiring practices, but it also might mean firing some people who aren’t performing. On today’s show, Tim & JDew tell stories of hiring and firing (both good and bad!) and share ideas about leadership development, employee engagement, and how your team ought to evolve as your company grows. Listen now or watch it here: https://youtu.be/8jdR-fZlpVc

From a surprising approach to hiring (learned from a world-class "mad man") to ideas for how to engage and align your whole team, today's show has something for every growth-minded entrepreneur and business owner out there. Tim & JDew discuss their early approaches to hiring and how those have evolved and improved over time, how their thinking about recruiting has shifted recently, and how the...

Feeling stuck? Maybe a little lazy or lacking motivation? This episode is for you. JDew and Tim Joiner talk about MOMENTUM, and how you can create it when it is missing from your life. Rebuild your confidence, renew your vision, reinvigorate your energy, and take action to achieve your goals even when you just don’t feel like it. Listen now or watch it here: https://youtu.be/e-CjVB0doUA