The Comeback Mindset: Tim Storey on Ego, Faith & Turning Setbacks Into Setups

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1:02So now it went from a lot of energy in the house to where it felt like a cold garage. It's an ego that is untrained, that creates a train wreck. But I'd say God never kills ego, he purifies it. So when you could purify the ego, you will not be stopped. What's good everybody? It's your guide, JoJo Simmons, and welcome back to the For Good Podcast, where we focus on the good, never the bad, and we're measured by what we do, not what we have. Today I'm sitting down with a comeback coach, Tim Story, who has helped high performers, athletes, entertainers, and everyday people turn setbacks and to set us for something bigger. This one's about mindset, faith, growth, and what it really takes to make a comeback. Let's get into it. I appreciate you coming on the For Good Podcast. Good to see you. I like you. I'll fit today, man. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. I tried to look good. I knew I was coming to sit down with Tim Story, and I got a shout out obviously the Miracle Mentally Podcast that I was just a part of.

2:03Yeah. Did a swap. In case you guys do see the cups, I'm making sure we make sure that he gets his branding in there. That's long story. And that's real collaboration. That's what it's about. It's never about competition. It's about collaboration, so you know I'm here for that. But let's get into it. My brother, I definitely want to learn about you and what you have going on and all the great things that you've done in your life. So you're known as the comeback coach. Yes. What does a real comeback actually mean to you? I think that number one is that many times we have momentum. Yeah. And mostly when we're kids, there's a momentum. Most kids that come into a room with a lot of energy, almost with a shout. Yeah. But I like to say this way. Life can knock the shout out of you. So knocking the shout out of you could be an illness when you're a child or your parents divorced. So now you have momentum, but now you had a challenge that let's call this a life interruption. So when a life interruption happens, that's where I come into people's lives.

3:06I love that. I like how you said that you call it a life interruption. Life interruption. It ain't forever, right? I love that. So what was it? What was a personal moment in your life where you had to live out that comeback message for yourself? Yeah. So for me, we had seven people in a two-bedroom apartment in Compton. My father worked at a place called Bethlehem Steel and my mother worked at Winchell's Dona Chop. So I never forget my mother said, we might be lower income, but we're not lower class. So even though everything was cramped and crowded, there was like excellence within that situation. But one day, my father just went to get my mother food, it's a regular night, and he's going through a green light, a person ran a red light, hit him, and he died. So my father's taken out, yeah, my father's taken out when I'm only 10 years of age. And so that was heavy, and I'm going to tell you why. Because my father was like the energetic one of the family, and my mother was a disciplinarian.

4:10So now it went from a lot of energy in the house to where it felt like a cold garage. And that was one of the moments where you had to live out that comeback message. No doubt about it because I felt the sting. See, I always think that a comeback feels like a sting, a relationship doesn't work a sting, or somebody with a bag dyed noses of illness is like a sting. So I felt that sting of a setback, man, I never felt anything like that, because my whole thing was death, because I was my first death like that, was like, I still thought he was coming back. So when he never walked through that door after a month, two months, three months, that was really a hard place to be at such a young age. Yeah, I can see how you had to really find a comeback out of that setback, you know. So you work with elite athletes and entertainers, as you know, and I know, and I know you know

5:14pops and on, because of like that. What's something people would be surprised to know that they struggle with these big names? You know, a lot of people, like, we spoke about on your podcast, you asked me what is fame mean, and I'm like, a lot of people think that we're famous, that we have it all together. Yeah. Or what's something that people, those, the us, people, celebrities, entertainers, athletes, what's something that we struggle with that, you know, people don't know about? Yeah. So I'll call it conversations with people, because I think that people say, like, who do you work with? It's more like who have I not work with because it's like a high school. Yeah. I mean, a few, you start meeting more, as you know, right? So let's say I first met Kanye West in 2006, and he's been like my little brother since then. So I remember him talking about other artists a lot when I first met him in 2006, about what this artist was doing or that artist was doing. I don't think that people would expect that at Kanye West, it would think that because he's so brilliant in music, that he would just be in his lane and not pay attention to

6:18other people, but he's human like anybody else. He was looking over the fence to see what other people were doing, not necessarily saying that he was going to try to do something similar, but he did want to see what they were doing. So I think any brilliant person, whether they are a rapper or even top actors that I work with, they are paying attention to what other people are doing. Wow. And you wouldn't think that, right? You think that these guys are so much on a high horse or high invited that they're not looking at whatever. They're paying attention. And that's why a lot of times during the Oscars, even if a Denzel was shot out of the movie, and I think it's Denzel, loves film, but he's also seen what other people are doing, like who's coming up, how are they acting, how's their style, and we do know that about athletes, the NBA guys are definitely doing that. I remember LeBron was talking about Wimbee, even when Wimbee was young and tall.

7:21Yes. Yeah. I want to talk about the word ego. It's a big word. It can either hinder us or it can make us realize something. How do you quote someone to let go of ego when their identity has been tied to success? Yes. Number one, great question. Thank you. Phenomenal question. Because it's an ego that is untrained that creates a train wreck. And so many people that come to me, here's what one of my friends said last week. If they're on TMZ, they're probably talking to Tim's story. Makes sense. Yeah. Okay. So many times it's the untrained ego because ego is needed, but watch what I do with this. You need to ego to say, no, man, I'm rising up or I'm going to keep the standard of my family or no, my kids are going to dress right. Part of that is ego.

8:22So when I say God never kills ego, he purifies it. So when you could purify the ego, you will not be stopped. That was deep. And it reminds me of a conversation I had the other day with a guy with a shot in McCancey was on the, he was on the podcast. Yeah. And he was talking about ego as well. And he was like, you know, ego doesn't always have to be bad. You know, I mean, it's, it's, it's a confidence thing, but it's how you use the ego, right? And I love how you said how you kind of just explain how ego. He purifies it. I will, I will purify because you need ego to say to yourself, man, you're, you, you all can be low. You're standard. Yes. And I do that to myself too. Like sometimes I'll be at a big event and there's like, you know, 5,000 people there. And you know, some guys up there being mediocre and just cussing too much and acting stupid. And I think to myself, I'm about to just kick his butt. So it's, it's, it's, it's not coming from a bad place. It's coming from a place of, I'm going to kick the standard up.

9:25Yeah. You know, I love that part. Just talking about ego, you know, and I mean, because it's, it's, it's important. You know, it's about how you use the ego, right? And you need that ego in some sense, like you said, because how are you going to be able to get yourself off your ass some days of ego to say, I'm a hundred percent, I need to get, I am strong enough. I am him. You know, they always tell people looking to mirror and say affirmations and, and make sure you build yourself up. That has ego to do with it. That has a little bit of your ego to say, you are, you are powerful. You are confident. You are the coolest in your job. You are, it takes ego, but it takes, it takes clean ego, right? It takes the ego you're talking about. But let's stay with this for just a moment because I think ego can be one of the greatest motivators. Yes. The lady is getting ready for the 10 year anniversary of, you know, from, from high school graduation. It's, they're going to, they're going to have the reunion, okay? She didn't want to show up a lot bigger than she was, it definitely doesn't, okay?

10:29So that's, that's, that's the ego, but that doesn't mean it's a, a negative thing. It's just no. I got to step up my standard. I want to be better for myself, you know, they just about the outside looking in. That's how you feel about yourself and that's, as we go blazing, so I love how you explain ego. Um, so what happens psychologically, when the spotlight shifts or the applause stops? It's usually not good for people. For people. For experience. Yeah. So I think that's one of the biggest challenges. Um, I've been around Smokey Robinson as a real friend, Stevie Wonder as a real friend for over 30 years. They've been fortunate enough to see that the spotlight stayed on them, okay? But I work with other Motown people that you just have not heard of for 20, 30 years. Or you see people that, you know, you've been around until you were a kid. They were doing well. And then the lights are not there. It's, it's, it's, it's not good for most people.

11:33So now what they need to do is they need to pivot, okay? The word pivot sometimes is misuse and overuse, but let me use it correctly here. Pivot is just a shift, it's just, it's just a shift. And I think life is about assignments, okay? So let's, let's say if somebody was a big R&B star in the 90s, maybe that was it. He was supposed to be a big R&B star in the 90s. So stop looking for that same spotlight. Right. That's a shift. I love that. Let's, let's, let's shift. Maybe now God's going to give you a new idea. He's going to give you an idea for a company. You're going to create something. You're going to do something you never thought you could do before. But it took that closed door to open up the real door. And I, man, you're speaking to me because I feel like I'm in my pivot moment, I'm in my pivot era. They'll call it because, yeah, you know, for a long time, you think you need to continue

12:34to be the person that made you popular or likable at the time that you were. But it was your purpose in that moment to do that. Yeah. If you keep holding on to it, you may be closing off your future purpose, your future goals, your future things that you need to be doing. So I love that. You said that because for a long time, I thought, I'm only JoJo Simmons, they only don't know me for that. I know why, how do I, how do I, you know, how do I leverage just being JoJo from run south and going to pick, but then I realized like, you can pivot. And I like how you're saying this because even in watching runs house, which I think I probably watched every episode, the thing that I loved about you is that you were uniquely yourself. Thank you. You weren't anybody else in your family, right? And then now seeing what you're doing today, you are uniquely yourself. You're not doing what anybody else is doing in the family the same way, okay? So you are right on track with that. And this, this thing about, I believe that God speaks over everybody.

13:37And all I have to do is get an alignment to my assignment. Mm-hmm. We're not chasing anything. We're just getting an alignment to JoJo's assignment at this time of your life. Yeah, I love that. I like that. I like that alignment to my assignment. Make sure y'all, y'all write that one down as y'all subscribe to the podcast. You know, make sure, can you write in the comments, your alignment, your assignment. Make sure y'all drop that in the comments because that was a powerful gem. Now I know you're heavy in the God, you know, you're a very faithful man. I want to know how important has faith been in your own journey and how do you explain faith to someone who skeptical about faith? So first of all, if you're skeptical, I don't blame the people because there's some bad representative. Yes, yes, yes, yes, especially now, yeah, a lot of bad representation. Yes, so I think, I think my connection to God to relationship with Jesus Christ came early in life. So we were brought to church, but I really felt touched by God, like, for real.

14:41And there's a statement that says, once you touch the fire, you don't want to live in the smoke. So I'm telling you the truth, because I've had the opportunity to be stupid, to stay stupid, right, to get even stupider. But I so touched God when I was a kid. I can't get out of this. This is me. I'm a God-made man. I was up at Leia Cokas' house. He would be like the Richard Branson of his day, you know, he was the man, Caucasian guy. And his house at that time was like $40 million and he said, I ask every great man, what's the secret of your success? At the time, I was like 26 and I said, I'm a God-made man. And that's the truth. Now, have I become wise, do I read a lot, do I study a lot, do I observe a lot, do I work hard? Yes. But man, I got God flowing through my veins and that too brought me here, that's who I'm

15:44going to ride with all the way through. You know, it reminds me of a saying, I said, when I was on an episode with Dr. Cheyenne Brian about God and yes, you're a faithful man and that plays the majority of the part of who you are. But did you put in the work, did you meet him halfway, you did what you needed to do to follow your assignment or your alignment or your assignment. But I also see the Jesus thing just real quickly in a different way than most. I think that Jesus is more understanding the most people give him credit for. When you look at the disciples that he chose, they were all undone people. Yes. I think we all go through recovery and discovery at the same time. So I think one of the strengths of me being a comeback coach to so many entertainers and powerful people from all walks of life that some have no faith at all and they call for Tim's story because I care about human beings and I understand brokenness.

16:45And so I'm never like trying to sit somebody in their setback. I'm always looking for the dog on comeback. I love always. You never want to sit somebody in their setback and you just like me, man, I care about people and I see brokenness and I want to help mend that brokenness in people because I've been broken and I've been broke down and I've built back up multiple times, you know, and that's why I like speaking to people. I'm a people's person because however I can help you whether it's through my words or my actions, I'm going to do it, you know, that's kind of how I've always looked at life. I like this. I like that you said that. I want to know, like, you know, the discipline over motivation thing, a lot of people talk about it. But when the motivation fades, what's daily habits actually build a comeback long term? Yeah. It is about the habits. And I remember your dad used to post things, I know he did it in the show, but the words

17:47of wisdom, right? So there's a Bible verse, Proverbs 12 11 says, whoever works their land shall have abundance. Abundance means overflowing. I said this. So one reason you're doing well right now is you're working your land. You say, Tim, what's your land? Your land is what's in front of you. If you're in the seventh grade, work your seventh grade land. If you work at Taco Bell, make me a Gordita and take care of the Chihuahua, okay? Work your land. So to work your land, watch how cool it says, you got to plow the ground. So even doing these podcasts running through LA like you are right now, man, you're plowing, you're working your land, then you got to plant the right seed. That's where people mess up. You got to plant the right seed. Every day, you have like a bag of negative seed on the left, positive on the right. You could have woke up this morning, oh man, I got a drive here, then I got a drive here,

18:48then I got a drive here, then I got a leave here, then I got to do this. No, you plow, then you plant the right seed, then you water the seed, which is repetition. That's a daily repetition that I, old school brothers have, okay? So you plow, you plant, you water, and then pay days on its way. I love how you just explained that because a lot of people don't know how to get to the end goal. And they don't understand it's a process, but they don't understand the process. And I think you just explained the process perfectly. Thank you. All of those things in real life take time to look at your land, plow your land, clean your land up, water your plants on that land, and continue to water it. That is literally the process of getting to be successful, in my opinion, is focusing on your land and making sure you have the prettiest land like this. One, the cracks is green to where I water it, right? Ooh, I like that, but you're so correct. So on a daily basis, I do this. I wake up and I plow again, I plant again, I water again, knowing pay days on its way.

19:55I promise you, I'm not the guy checking every day like, did the harvest show up, did the harvest show up? Because I know it's coming. You preaching, I can tell you're a faithful man, because you know, you reap the benefits of what you sow. You know what I mean? And I love that. You brought us there. You took us to church. I went there. Yeah. Now, how much, you asked me this in your pod, not what asked you, and I want to ask you this. How much is your circle impact, whether you rise or stay stuck to people that are listening right now? I think one of the most difficult things of being me is I came up so quick. So I came right out of seminary and started doing chapels for the NFL players. And this is before cell phones, and I'd be like at the Dallas Cowboys, and the stars would be in line, and the coaches would say they never do this. And they'd say like, yo, can I get your digits? And it was about they wanted to speak with me. It was like life coaching before life coaching, it would start it.

20:56So I think that I came up like so fast in my early 20s, mid 20s, late 20s. And that created some beauty, but also some challenges, because I was so kind, and I believe what people said, and I let some fools in my life. And there's a Bible verse that says, when you walk with the wise, you'll stack up more wisdom. A companion of fools, your life will start to unravel. So even in my late 20s, early 30s, I was doing predominantly well, but because of letting some fools in my life, male and female, I could see at times where my life was unraveling at times by letting in the wrong people. Yo, it's you hit it on the target right there. Every time I saw my life was unraveling, was with around the wrong people. When I was around people that had nothing going on, I was around people that were contenting with me being with them, doing nothing, and that was literally every time I thought back

21:56to when my life wasn't good or my life felt like I was lost, I was running around with a bunch of lost people. Yeah, it had no direction in the dark. And that was truly a big change for me. I remember a while back a couple years ago, an old friend tried to spin the block and, you know, tell Joe, he's taught me everything I know, and I just want to, and I said, you know, all respect to him, brother, I told my friend that had the contact. Yeah. To him, but my life has been way better since he has not been in my life and I don't want to blame only him, but it's just, I know the people I'm supposed to be around. So he was only a chapter, but he wasn't part of my real book. Yes. What I mean. And that's how I always kind of look. Yeah. And that's the difficult thing, but so real that truly people are called to you for a reason the season or lifetimes. And there's very few lifetime partners you find in this already in your 30s. But you got to, you got to find people watch what we do with this with similar motives and similar mindset.

22:56And the motives will come out fast. Yeah. People say, man, I wish I could read people's minds. I don't need to. I don't need to. I just need to stay quiet because you're going to speak. They will say what their motives are, right? Yeah. I told somebody the other day. I said, you know, most of the time I give people the chance to tell me who they are before I fast. You know what I mean? Why do I have to ask? They'll tell me who they are. So, and then you make a decision of what you want to do with that. A lot of people find out who a person is and still lets them stick around. That's on you. You know what I mean? You got to know when to make this decision to cut off the bad people, you know what I mean? So if someone fails publicly on social media and business or in their career, what's one step or what step one in rebuilding? Let's go with step one instead of one step. What's the first step in rebuilding? If somebody fails publicly, like I told you, your part I spoke to this, like I mean, you missed that failed pretty publicly. What would be, you know, the first step you would tell her to take? Okay. So there are steps to a comeback. Step number one, just to be a couple, I'll give you, is number one, you have to become

23:58awake. Yes. So, it's okay for her to become awake and say, man, it's even on TikTok that I failed. Yeah. Or people are texting me that I failed. So it's okay to become awake to the fact that people know about your failure. Yeah. The second thing you need to do is take inventory and watch how powerful this is. The inventory of how that failure is going to cost you, okay? But also the inventory is of what do I have left? So a lot of people will say, oh man, I did this. My life is ruined, usually not. Usually part of what has happened in your life is damaged, but that doesn't mean the whole thing is ruined. You like that? Yeah, I love that. So you become awake, then you got to take inventory and then what you now need to do, number three, is partner with the right people. So I need to get around some people they can see because now in my setback, I might be

25:05in a cloud. I don't see clearly, I might be in deception. But I need somebody with good eyes. So that's a power partnership. So three steps, watch, become awake, take inventory, partner with the right people. I heard those three right those down, I hope y'all watching, I hope y'all listening, take those three down. So, but how does a person know when it's time to leave comfort and step into the unknown? Okay. I think that what happens, it's almost like there's an expiration date on milk is even on eggs. Some people don't know that. A lot of food products, there is an expiration date. I think that there's an expiration date on many things that God calls us to do. Again, you go from the Bible, from beginning to the end, people were given assignments. And I think some people, they start to fall in love with that assignment because it felt so good. But maybe that assignment, the grace starts to lift deep, right?

26:10So at this stage of my life, in my 60s, I don't feel like I'm supposed to be the man, like ladies and gentlemen, the man's about to come up. That's how it was in my 30s and my 40s and even in my 50s. Now I'm not even feeling that. I could still get up on that stage and rock that stage as a speaker, but I don't feel like I'm supposed to be the man. I like to be the man behind the man. I like looking at you and being a player coach and going like yo, yo, yo, let's slide here. Let's work here. Let's go into the rim this way if we were using basketball terms or let's shoot more from the outside. So I think that you have to realize when the grace is lifted, the grace will lift. But you could feel it. Yeah. It's about awareness, right? It's about awareness. It's about saying that. It's all about being aware, you know, once you're aware, you're, you're, you make better decisions, you know, so I agree, you know, I love how you just, you, you kind of put that

27:14out there for us. So I want to talk about, you know, a lot of young men want fast success. We know that. Yes. Not just young men, everybody really wants fast success. What do they need to understand about patients and character? Yeah. If I would speak to my younger self, I would say slow down, it's going to be okay. I agree. And so this is what I say to younger guys, people, young people, male and female, man, you got to do the work, you got to do the work, you got it, you got to show up to practice, you got to take care of the details, watch this again. Do you see a person skilled at their work, okay? This is Bible. They will be ushered into the presence of the great now. One reason your father got ushered into the presence of the great and we all knew him

28:17as a household name and know him as a household name is that he became so dug on skilled at his work. Yes. That's behind the scenes. So he was working in the dark before the light came on that we saw him and that's what you've been doing. Yes. What I'm doing still. Yeah, but I mean, I remember you doing your crazy little mixed tapes and everything on the show, right? Yeah. So what says? So you got to work your spot and then God will put the spotlight on your spot. I'm never looking for the spotlight. I'm working my spot and to come and then God will put the spotlight on my spot. Oh, I love it. I love it. Oh, yeah. It reminds me of a saying, my dad, don't go to the party, make your own, start your own party. You always got to say, you know, and I get a kid, I used to be so mad at this guy as a hit record and this guy is a record. He's like, stop chasing it and like you basically said, create your own area. Yeah. You know, bring your people, bring the people that support you. But so it's a powerful thing if you understand that it's not just about desire and wanting

29:22patience. The word you brought up is such a beautiful thing, man. When you can learn to be patient, you could be a long line at Disneyland and still be patient. When you can live in patience is when you can live stress-free, in my opinion, one, on I, on the ODA, so I'm always like, oh, it has to happen now, that has to happen now. Yeah. But when I've learned to just be like, control the control levels, be happy, know that how long it takes, you start realizing that time goes faster. Yeah. Things come quicker to you when you stop thinking about when it's going to happen. He's starting thinking about how you're going to do it. I like that. You know what I mean? I always felt like even with this podcast thing, like I just stopped thinking about how it's going to happen and how it's going to go and we just started doing it. Oh, yeah. And, you know, look at us now talking to Tim's story, the comeback coach. Yeah. Yeah. So what's the difference between being mentally tough and just suppressing your emotions? Yes. Another great question that I do have an answer for. You have an answer to everything, brother. Thank you. But I work hard at it though.

30:22I love it. You know, I study two hours a day, seven days a week and people say, what do you study? I study what I don't know and what I do know I want to step up higher on it. Suppression of the emotion is the most common thing that people do. So let's say a mother is overwhelmed with five kids and she's got a husband that's really not there for her emotionally. Most most times she's suppressing the emotion to take care of the kids, to do the laundry, to cook, to clean, to try to be there for her husband who's not there for there, okay? That's going to get you over a period of time because you have done what people are calling today. You are stuffing your problems. That's where you see people just exploding, man. They're exploding on the streets, road rage. You see fights on airplanes, you see fights in restaurants. So you can't, you can't stuff it, you can't suppress it.

31:26You have to bring it to the light even if it hurts to see it clearly. Yeah. That's deep huh? Yes. Yes. So whether somebody left you, whether there's an illness you're dealing with, a dumb decision you made, put that damn thing on the table and let's look at it in the light and say, how are we going to deal with it? Because somehow, some way, watch this word I'm going to use, we're going to find a solution. Hmm. Solution's a big word. Yes. Less problems, more solutions. I'm about the solution. I will find that dog on solution with somebody. I'm the same way. I'm a very solution based. Don't come to me without a problem. Don't come to me with a problem if you don't want me to give you the solution because I'm a fine. Yes. I mean, now, have you ever like seen people achieve everything and still feel empty? Like what's missing in those situations in your opinion? Very common. So I have a lot of people. So I've now been to 83 countries of the world working with people.

32:31And like last year, I was one of the few Americans to speak at the World Government Summit. We had, you know, 40 presidents, leaders, princes from all these different countries. And I spoke on the miracle mentality in Dubai. So you see all this royalty, all these powerful people. I get to be around a lot of folks that play high in other countries is so common. You see the emptiness because I think what happened is they had something in their mind of what it was going to be like and feel like and it wasn't that, it wasn't that. So it was really like a false expectation. And then you get there and say, man, this is, this is, you know, what a crack when I thought it was at all, at all. The question is now what, now what, what do you do now?

33:32I've seen that with a lot of people that are highly successful, but may not have a family may not have a wife and kids may not have other purpose, but making money and they do ask themselves, now what? I've accomplished what most people are trying to accomplish, which is get money, but now what? So it's amazing that like you say that it's very common, you know, it's, but I do have an answer. What's the answer? It's a solution. So the answer is because you being raised in the business, so I was around Quincy Jones a lot. A lot, a lot, a lot for probably 35 years. So Quincy and I would talk about this kind of thing about about fame and this. One reason he was so into humanitarian efforts is because it helped him to be around the people to see that man, I have is so good, even when I have a bad, compared to what these

34:32folks are going through. And so I think that what I do with a lot of people that do well, that think their life sucks, I'll say, come into the prisons with me, come into the inner cities with me, come into the third world nations with me, let's get around some people that you really feel the struggle, smell the struggle, touch the struggle. And I'm telling you, it's really a smart thing for someone to do because then they can start saying, okay, okay, maybe I did not get the feeling I thought I'd have by having it all, but look how much I do have and that's that power of gratitude. Yeah, you know, that goes back to saying I said the other day is like, I think I said it to say to somebody and I was like, you know, my big saying for me, when I even get into a stress mode is, you know, I try not to stress because there's people out there doing more with less, you know, or going through more with less, you know, I try not to

35:34stress because there's people out there going through more with less, and that always puts me back at a grounded state of, yes, I'm not going to ignore the fact that I'm upset about something, I'm sad about something, but ultimately, I'm here, I like this, I like this. You know, that's big that you said that because I definitely feel that way. Now for a subscriber, a watcher, a listener that's watching, listening, if they feel stuck right now, yeah, financially, emotionally, spiritually, what's one action they can take today to start shifting that momentum? The key when you are feeling stuck, which is most people, because you have many areas of your life, your spirit, your mindset, you have your physical body, you have your job, you have your finances, your relationship, whether you're single or married, so there's many areas of your life. So if there's eight areas of your life, you're going to be stuck in at least one.

36:36So the key is to realize, and I really want people to get this, we are all going through recovery and discovery at the same time. So right now, you're going to recovery of something, whether that's a past or a present, okay, you're going to recovery and discovery. So in the midst of being stuck, I have to realize everybody stuck in some form or fashion, we're all going to recovery. And if I stay in the recovery zone and get so caught up in my stuck, I'm going to miss my discovery zone. That was, that was powerful right there. See, because if I stay in my recovery, please repeat that. If I stay in my recovery zone, I'm going to miss my discovery zone. So watch this. So let's say if you just rolled into this podcast today and you say, okay, all right, I'm getting, I'm getting Tim's story. That's cool. Life coach to the star or that's cool.

37:36But you may have missed the magic that me and you are going to create amazing things together and do things worldwide. You may have missed it if you were just caught up in the fact of man, there was some traffic and then this happened and then that happened and that happened. Let's do this 40 minute podcast and get over with you and your recovery zone. You just miss your discovery zone. Yeah. I mean, we're on the car and we're here and I was actually really excited to come sit down with you, Tim. So trust me. I never want to just get in and get out. Yes, there are moments where I'm tired. Yes, there are moments where I'm like, I got to do this. But God told me to show up. I say this all the time and who am I to question God? Yes. You know, he told me to do all this. Why am I, who am I to say I'm not going to do that today or I don't personally feel good? That ain't up to me. Yes. Of course, you need to create boundaries for your mental health to make sure that you're good with you. If my Lord and Savior is telling me this is your purpose, this is the path you need to walk in. You might have made a left when He told me to go through. You know what I mean?

38:37So now you're starting to preach right there. I'm going to tell you that. I mean, it comes from them, right? It comes from them. Yes. So at this stage in your life, I know you say, you know, you're in your fifties, you no longer want to be the man, right? You're not going to be the man. But what's the good that keeps you inspired and pushing forward at this stage in your life? Okay. Number one is my connection to God and Him giving me assignments. So I'm going to, I got to do this again. I got to give you another Bible verse because this is for God knows the end from the beginning and He knows what is yet to unfold. So I think like there's a, there's a side of me unfolding this trip and me out. So I am part owner of two AI companies. I'm part of a owner of a tech company. I'm launching my own mattress called the Miracle mattress with the best mattress company in the world. Okay. I got my own shoe line coming out with the people who created Reebok.

39:37I didn't see that coming. I didn't see that coming. So I'm just minding my own little business here, helping people, changing people. But so God knows the end from the beginning and He knows what is yet to come, yet to unfold. So what I'm excited about at this stage in my life is just unfolding. It's just, I'm just over here, I'm folding and, and, and, and, and just enjoying the, the fact that I get to continue to do new things. I love that you say unfolding, especially at this stage in your life, at this age in your life, for anybody that's watching that's in our community that is a little older. Yeah. It feels like they're done unfolding or, or, or it's just, oh, you're never done unfolding right? Right. You're always figuring out things. You're always, um, you know, being better, you're always shedding the old you to become the new you. You know what I mean? So I love that. You can come over here and say you're, you're just unfolding. But you know what I needed to see it though, but when, when, when, when I see a Barry Gordy rock and still in his 90s, and when I saw Quincy who's now in heaven, still

40:40rocking in his 90s, that did a lot for me because I thought, like, look at those brothers still got that swag. Okay. When they were 80 and 90 years of age, it did something for me. And I see a Denzel Washington who's, you know, in his late 60s, or maybe he just turned 70. Recently, they showed a footage of him who's at the Laker game in the front row. He walked all the way across the court during a break to see LeBron, to see LeBron. And I just thought, man, that's not that Danzel walk. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He still got that walk. He definitely does. And so it's, it's nice to see, like gentlemen, stay gentlemen and keep on rocking no matter what stage of life they're in. I love that. And I also love that. Like that's a lot of your generation is, yes, one of the generation of gentlemen. And my generation, we, we caught a lot of that, but I think it's this new generation that needs to be reminded about being a gentleman, needs to be reminded about shivery, needs

41:43to be reminded about. Thank you for that. I think I know my generation took key to it. I know my generation took the advice, but I think where the wires got crossed is my generation forgot to teach the generation. No, but I like what you're saying because, you know, I like the, the energy of the younger generation. And I'm all about them. I'm helping so many of them likewise, but I think that the honor, sometimes the honor is missing. The honor is missing. The honor and morals are missing. Yeah. So even if I, if I run into somebody that, let's say in the 80s, they were, they were like a R&B star. Man, that honor. I still am there. Like, I'll say to her like, man, come on. There's nobody like you, but I mean it because I'm, I'm giving honor. I'm giving love that. I love that. You, you giving honor no matter what year it is. You know what I mean? I love it. So as we wrap this up, I definitely want to ask you this question. And it's all said and done.

42:44Yeah. What do you want people to say your work actually did for them? Yeah. I think that the thing that would be important to me is that I, I help unfold people. And there's something that I talk about called discovering the hidden you. I think most people are concealed and they're covered. Yeah. And I became a pro at being a locksmith. Man, I just walk around going like this. I love it. I love it. I love it. So I, I think that man, opening doors, I'm just, I'm just opening doors. I'm just like, it would be cool if people just said, man, you, you had to happen with Tim's story. You had to, yeah, man, he just got into my life and went, ching, ching, ching, and just open, open the door. I knew that's why me and you related so much, we're like minded. I like opening doors for people too. Yes. I like obviously getting in the door myself, but I like saying, oh, let me leave this open

43:44for you guys. Like I'm not going to close it. Like someone in. I, my favorite thing was growing up and watching friends of mine be able to get opportunities with me that I don't think they'd get without me. It used to bring joy to my heart. Like, oh, you met your favorite rapper today, yeah, I was, I wanted you to do that. Oh, you were backstage with me at this show because I love seeing the look on their faces of like, oh, this is normal, see, because my friend wants me to be here with him. Oh, yeah. And he wants to create that opportunity for me. That's a, maybe it's a liber thing. I'm a liber and we like to bring everybody in. We like, we like teamwork, but like, I like seeing other people's happiness. It makes me happy to see other people's happiness. Yes. Whether it's my wife, my kids, or my friends, I just like seeing like, oh, you're happy with that. I was helped. I was able to help you be happy. Yes. I'm happy now. You don't have to, you don't have to return to favor. I don't ask for favors to be returned to me because they're not favors. They're things I want to do for people. So good. And that's somebody needs from you. I don't do thing when they need it. I do it when I want to. I do it because I feel like I have to. I do it because I can, you know what I mean?

44:45If I can do it, I'll do it. You know what I mean? And that's kind of how I look at that. But Tim, man, this has been a great conversation before we get out of here. I gave everybody these. They usually laugh. They're for good flowers. I don't have physical flowers. They're just words of encouragement. Yeah, I got to give you a for good flowers for everything you've done for not only yourself but the community and really helping people find their comeback. That's really important. And not only in this day and age, but forever is people living shame like you said, people are down and out. People feel like it's over when they make one mistake, two mistakes, three mistakes. But that's not it. There's always a comeback within you. You know, there's a setback, there's a better, there's a bigger comeback no matter what the setback is. And you help people understand that. So I definitely got to give you your flowers and thank you for giving that to people. Yeah. And also for, for, for loving me and my family. And I can tell you got a lot of honor and respect for not only my dad and my uncle, but a lot of people around my family. So I really do appreciate you treating me to the standard that you, I'm sure you treat my father and my uncle. Well, I'm proud of you and it's a privilege to watch you unfold.

45:48Thank you so much. Before we get out of here, can you please let my subscribers, my listeners, my watches, please let them know where to confine you and anything you have coming up. Yeah. TimStory.com and then TimStorySTOREY.com, you see a lot, a lot of things there. And don't forget to plug the miracle mentality. The miracle mentality podcast is working. So get to interview a lot of amazing people. So miracle mentality podcast is fantastic. And then I speak all over the world, but my schedule is there. All these events we do, we have something called lead with love where people can come to seminars, be with me for a day, two days, three days, and I work on those eight areas of their life and change them with a lot of experts coming at the same time. But miracle mentality podcast, all that found at TimStory.com. And thanks for letting me do that. Of course, of course, as well as collaboration and our competition, right? Of course, well, my four good is my good people. This has been another great episode of my guy TimStory.

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