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Most business owners aren't failing because they're not working hard enough. They're failing because they're working hard on the wrong things — and calling it commitment. TK breaks down why activity without outcome is just procrastination wearing a business suit.    EPISODE SUMMARY   In this episode, Nigel and TK unpack one of the most misunderstood ideas in small business: that hard work and effe...

TK opens with a saying he loves: the warrior who sleeps with a sword looks foolish every night but one. This episode is about what that actually means for your business — and whether "being ready" and "just being busy" are the same thing at all.  Click here to watch a video of this episode. Click here to watch a video of this episode. {{video | title: 'Click here to watch a video of this episode.'...

What does it actually look like to build a business with the person you love — not the highlight reel version, but the real one? The date nights that buckled under the weight of cash flow conversations. The shared office, shared vision, and the quiet fear that in chasing something great, you might slowly hollow out the very relationship that made it worth building. In this episode, TK sits down wi...

What does elite sport actually teach you that business school can't? For TK, the answer isn't what most people expect. It's not tactics or tenacity — it's the experience of being around specialists who see what you can't see in yourself, competing against people who push you to levels you'd never reach alone, and learning to find complete clarity in the moments of highest pressure. In this episode...

What separates business owners who break through from those who stay stuck? TK has watched hundreds of transformations over the years — people who came in shaking at the thought of spending $100 on advice, and came out the other side driving their favourite car, running a business they love. The difference was never a marketing programme or a new strategy. It was a fundamental shift in how they re...

Five years ago, TK and Nigel went quiet. No announcement. No farewell episode. Just — gone. That was the point. In this episode, they come back to explain the decision that felt, at times, like the riskiest thing they'd ever made. Why they walked away from a proven model. What they were building while no one was watching. And why right now — in the middle of the biggest technology shift since the...

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...

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.   Jo...

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 your...

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 Commun...

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 Backabl...

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...

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...

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?  A...

  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 ourselve...

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-i...

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 t...

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...

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 th...

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 podcas...

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 busin...

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 t...

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...

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...