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Tim Krotiris
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If you could listen to every conversation within the walls of a High Performance Business Growth Consultancy, do you believe you could improve your business? At worst, could you at least reinforce your own opinions, optimise ideas and use some insights to accelerate your performance each day? This is the next best thing. Covering key business ideas from areas including leadership, partnerships and the realities of business challenges. What does it really take to grow? Access insights from the Philotimo Performance Centre, industry experts, quiet achievers and business builders sharing their experiences.

  1. 2d ago

    Stop Paying Someone to Keep You Scared of AI

    Her rates halved in four years. Not because she got worse. Because nobody's buying what she thought she was selling. Episode Summary This one's for business owners who built real skill over years and are now watching the price for that skill quietly drop — while people with a fraction of the experience seem to be winning the work. Nigel brings a live case study from his own kitchen table: his wife Trisha, a hair and makeup artist watching AI and influencers reshape her entire industry in real time. TK uses it to unpack something bigger than any one trade — that clients were never really buying raw skill, they were buying a value layer (trust, distribution, speed, influence), and that layer has moved. The conversation moves from the practical (how to find the 20% of clients actually paying for what you do best) to the psychological (why letting go of an old identity feels like grief, and why that's normal) to the protective (how fear-selling gurus and manipulative algorithms profit from keeping you stuck, and the one question that shuts them down). If your industry is shifting under you and the old playbook isn't landing the way it used to, this is the reset. Key Takeaways Clients rarely compare skill against skill. They compare the total value layer around it — influence, trust, speed. Find out which one moved in your industry.Old growth books can be right about principles and wrong about mechanics. Read them for the "why," never copy the "how" blind.You are not your business. You're the steward of it — which means the business can change shape without you losing yourself.Fear-selling only works on people without a plan. Build the plan first, and the fear-mongers lose their leverage.Ask one question before you believe anything that scares you: how do I know this isn't trying to manipulate me?Connect With Us 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai/?via=backablemedia Follow us on Instagram: Backable → https://www.instagram.com/backableai/ TK → https://www.instagram.com/timkrotiris Nigel → https://www.instagram.com/this_backable_life Connect on LinkedIn: Backable → https://www.linkedin.com/company/backableai/ TK → https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkrotiris/ Nigel → https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelwalton/ Call to Action If you're feeling the ground shift under a skill you've spent years building, you're not behind — you're early to a conversation most of your industry hasn't had yet. Start there.

  2. Aug 18

    Quit the Tactic, Not the Whole Business

    There's a theory that says the smartest thing you can do is quit. TK and Elana spent the episode arguing about whether that's true — and landed somewhere neither of them expected.EPISODE SUMMARY This one's for the business owner lying awake wondering if it's time to walk away. TK and Elana — back together after three years apart on the mic — start with a theory about squirrels foraging up trees, and end up somewhere far more honest: the night, eight months ago, when Elana asked TK if he wanted to quit and get a normal job instead. He didn't hesitate.What follows is a real argument about what "giving up" actually means. TK's reframe lands hard — you don't quit the business, you quit the tactic that isn't working. The sales program, not the company. The approach, not the mission. Elana pushes back on his claim that everyone reaches their "absolute potential," and the two of them land on something that feels true for anyone building something hard: the founders who last aren't the ones who never think about quitting — they're the ones who keep quitting the right things, one at a time, and never the whole thing at once.KEY TAKEAWAYS Quitting isn't one decision — most founders don't need to quit the business, they need to quit the specific tactic that's stopped working.Borrowed advice about "when to quit" rarely holds up. The real question is opportunity cost: if the odds are 100 to 1 in your favour, take the bet.The founders who stay in it aren't fearless. They just stopped waiting to feel ready before taking the next step.CONNECT WITH US 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai/?via=backablemedia Follow Backable on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/backableai/ Follow TK on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/timkrotiris Follow Nigel on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/this_backable_life Backable on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/backableai/ TK on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkrotiris/ Nigel on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelwalton/ CALL TO ACTION If you're carrying a decision like this right now, Backable's here to help you see it clearly — not talk you into anything, just give you the evidence to make the call yourself.

  3. Aug 11

    You Are Not Your Business, Even If It Fails

    Some people lose a business and never talk about it again. TK messaged a stranger going through exactly that this week, mid-liquidation, heartbroken, and it cracked open a story he's never told on the show before. EPISODE SUMMARY ( If you've ever lain awake running the numbers, wondering whether this is the year it all falls apart, this one's for you. TK talks about DM'ing a stranger mid-liquidation, and where that conversation led him: back to the moment he was staring down his own business collapsing, and a group of American investors said something that rewired how he saw failure completely. Over there, they told him, nobody rates a founder who's only ever run one business. Closing one down and going again is proof you've got what it takes. Here in Australia, it's still whispered about like a confession. TK pulls that apart — the trap of believing you ARE your business, the economic reality that small business creates 60 to 70% of all jobs in this country, and why the shame so many owners carry isn't earned. It's inherited, from a culture that hasn't caught up to how much courage this actually takes. If you've ever felt like closing a chapter made you a failure, this is the reframe before you go again. KEY TAKEAWAYS You are not your business. It's something you tried, not who you are.Failure isn't rare or shameful. Small business creates 60–70% of all jobs, the risk is the engine.Other cultures reward founders who go again. Australia still treats it like a scar.Don't internalise the loss. Feel it, learn from it, then get back on the horse.Find people who celebrate the risk you took. If your circle doesn't, build a new one.So: if your business ended tomorrow, would you know how to separate what happened to it from who you are? CONNECT WITH US 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai/?via=backablemedia Follow Backable on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/backableai/ Follow TK on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/timkrotiris Follow Nigel on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/this_backable_life Backable on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/backableai/ TK on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkrotiris/ Nigel on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelwalton/ CALL TO ACTION  If you're carrying more than you're saying out loud right now, Backable is built to be the partner that's always there, twenty-four hours a day, looking out for your business the way TK wishes someone had looked out for that stranger's. Join free and let's go again, together.

  4. Aug 4

    Stop Running A Business That Can't Run Without You

    Only one in ten businesses that survive ten years ever actually sell. Most owners never ask that question until the day it's the only one that matters. Episode Summary: TK breaks down why so few businesses ever exit — and why building without a clear endpoint means spending your best years pouring risk and capital into something that might be worth nothing when you finally want out. He walks through the "race your business against your business" thought experiment: same person, same resources, but one version has clarity on where it's heading. Ten years later, there's no contest. TK argues that a business which can't survive without you isn't really a business yet — it's a ticking risk with your name on it. The fix isn't complicated: get clear on your endpoint, and every decision after that becomes a yes-or-no answer instead of a guessing game. Key Takeaways: Only 10–20% of businesses that survive ten years ever sell — build with that number in mind from day one.A business that can't run without you isn't a business. It's a ticking risk with your name on it.Clarity of endpoint doesn't just help an exit — it removes most of the daily overwhelm too.Putting your business under management increases its value and widens your buyer pool.Race your business against itself with full clarity, and the unclear version has no chance — not even with dumb luck.Connect With Us: 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai/?via=backablemedia · Follow Backable on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/backableai/ · Follow TK on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/timkrotiris · Follow Nigel on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/this_backable_life · Backable on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/backableai/ · TK on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkrotiris/ · Nigel on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelwalton/ Call To Action: If you've never worked out your endpoint, that's the one thing to fix this week — not the marketing, not the hiring. Backable can help you build that clarity from the first conversation.

  5. Jul 28

    He Called His Biggest Competitor. They Taught Everything

    Some people stay stuck for twenty years. Others compress a career into two. TK and Nigel get into why — and it isn't talent, luck, or timing. Episode Summary A business partner of TK's picked up the phone and cold-called a competitor ten times his size. Not for a favour, not for a deal — just to ask how they did it. They invited him in for a week. He walked out with 25 years of expensive lessons and skipped most of the mistakes. That story is the spine of this episode, but the conversation around it is the useful part. TK and Nigel start with two origin stories that went sideways — a martial arts promotion that fell apart, and a production company built to prove creativity could pay a mortgage — and end up on proximity. Why the best comics in the world fly to New York to bomb at a 2am open mic. Why the same idea dies at home and goes viral somewhere you couldn't find on a map. Take the guy who never called himself a musician. He wrote one song, expected nothing from it, and it went viral in Scandinavia — a market he'd never once considered. He's living off the royalties now. Nobody in his own city has heard of him. That's not a fluke. That's product-market fit working exactly as it should — just not where anyone thought to look. Why "right person, wrong time" might be the most expensive sentence in business. And if you're quietly the best in your own backyard — best supplier in the suburb, best agency on the street — this one's going to sting a bit. So: how many calls have you made this week that actually move you toward where you say you're going? Key Takeaways Change your reference point and your ceiling moves. Being the best in your postcode is a comfortable way to stop improving.The moment you decide luck picked your opportunities, you've handed away the steering wheel.Product-market fit isn't just the product. It's the room you're standing in.Nearly every business that compressed decades into years traces back to one uncomfortable phone call.The person you're too embarrassed to call would probably be flattered. Once someone's cup is full, generosity is the default — not competition.Connect With Us 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai/?via=backablemedia · Follow Backable on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/backableai/ · Follow TK on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/timkrotiris · Follow Nigel on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/this_backable_life · Backable on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/backableai/ · TK on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkrotiris/ · Nigel on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelwalton/ Call To Action If you're finding value in conversations like this, hit follow so you don't miss the next one — and if you want a partner working alongside you on the calls you're avoiding, that's exactly what Backable is built for.

  6. Jul 23

    Make Yourself Redundant to Grow Your Business

    Would you run your business differently if this was your last year doing it? TK puts that question to Nigel straight after the Australian end of financial year, and the answer changes how you think about scaling, hiring, and your own role entirely. EPISODE SUMMARY This episode is for Australian business owners who feel like every new financial year starts the same way: same cadence, same to-do list, same slow climb up the same hill. TK and Nigel unpack why treating your business as a "life sentence" quietly caps how effective you are as a leader, and introduce a reframe that changes the calculation: if you only had one year left running the business, what would you actually do differently? The conversation moves through founder redundancy (why becoming redundant in a task raises your value rather than costing you your job), the danger of turning a fun quarterly sprint into a permanent operating rhythm, and a 23-year Oprah anecdote about staying close to the numbers without micromanaging. Nigel shares a live example of automating work he'd always assumed only he could do, and TK explains the shift from "performer" to "architect" that has to happen for a business to scale past its founder. They also get into why a four-day work week keeps coming up in productivity research, and why most people never question the habits they picked up in the earliest, scrappiest days of the business. It's a practical, honest look at operational cadence, deliberate decision-making, and what founders should be removing from their week before they add anything new. KEY TAKEAWAYS Ask yourself the "last year" question: if this was your final year running the business, what would change?Founder redundancy isn't about losing your job — it's what makes you and the business more valuableA fun quarterly sprint becomes dangerous the moment it's expected to be the new normalThe shift from performer to architect is what actually lets a business scale past its founderWork out what to remove from your week before you ever think about what to addDeliberate decisions made with a clear end point beat decisions made on autopilot, every timeCONNECT WITH US 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai/?via=backablemedia Follow Backable on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/backableai/ Follow TK on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/timkrotiris Follow Nigel on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/this_backable_life Backable on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/backableai/ TK on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkrotiris/ Nigel on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelwalton/ If this financial year felt like more of the same, Backable is built to work alongside you as you figure out what to change next — not to take over, but to back you while you make the call. Start free and let's plan your next twelve months together.

  7. Jul 21

    Putting Your Business In The Way Of Opportunity

    This episode is for small business owners who look at a competitor with the exact same offer, the exact same market, and the exact same opportunities, and can't work out why that competitor is growing while they're stuck. TK and Nigel open up a real conversation about the moment two identical trade businesses split apart: one owner kept putting himself in the way of opportunity, and the other kept doing what had always felt safe. They talk about why business growth stalls even when you're working harder than ever, why reviewing your business model every six to twelve months matters more than any single sales tactic, and why the businesses that keep growing are the ones brave enough to ask their own clients an uncomfortable question: why wouldn't you buy from me? Along the way they get into the value of blunt, honest feedback from people close to you, and why most businesses are quietly losing opportunities simply because no one is nurturing the leads who aren't ready to buy yet. It's a conversation about spotting the gap between the opportunity you think you have and the one that's actually there, and what to do differently once you see it. If you've ever felt like you're doing everything right and still not moving, this one's for you.  Key Takeaways  Review your business model every 6 to 12 months, because the model that got you here will not automatically get you to the next stage. Ask your best clients directly why they buy from you, and why others do not, because the answers are rarely what you expect. Build nurture into every lead you get, not just the ones ready to buy today, because most of your future clients simply aren't ready yet. Seek out blunt, honest feedback from people you trust, because small blind spots in how you show up can be quietly costing you opportunities. Notice when comfort, not capability, is keeping your business at the same size it has always been. Connect With Us 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai/?via=backablemedia Follow Backable on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/backableai/ Follow TK on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/timkrotiris Follow Nigel on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/this_backable_life Backable on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/backableai/ TK on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkrotiris/ Nigel on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelwalton/  If this made you think differently about where your own business might be stuck, Backable is built to help you spot exactly that, so intention actually turns into action. Join free and put your business back in the way of opportunity.

  8. Jul 16

    Reframing Failure: The Habit That Builds Stronger Businesses

    Most business owners are carrying a label they never chose: failure. TK and Nigel pull that label apart and show why the businesses winning right now aren't the ones avoiding failure — they're the ones who stopped calling it that. EPISODE SUMMARY This episode is for business owners who feel like they're constantly falling short of a goal they set months or years ago, and who quietly wonder if that means something's wrong with them or their business. TK and Nigel unpack why labelling anything as "failure" or "success" is often just an emotional shortcut — and why the real skill is separating the outcome from the feeling attached to it. Drawing on TK's years running businesses through constant experimentation, and Nigel's stand-up comedy career (including one spectacularly unpolished performance that still haunts him), the conversation moves from mindset into practical business reality: what "production" actually looks like, why growth for growth's sake isn't the goal, and why speed of decision-making is the one advantage small businesses have over big ones — if they're willing to use it. Listeners will walk away with a clearer way to process business setbacks, a framework for defining real progress (not just effort), and a reminder that the businesses moving fastest aren't the ones with the fewest failures — they're the ones who move on from them quickest. KEY TAKEAWAYS Failure isn't a fixed identity — it's an event, and the label you give it is optional.Ask "what's the production?" — improvement only counts if it's moving you toward a defined outcome.Most "fear of failure" is actually a mismatched offer, client, or value proposition in disguise.Speed of decision-making is the single biggest advantage small businesses have over large ones.Growth without a clear goal can feel like progress while quietly leading nowhere.CONNECT WITH US 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai/?via=backablemedia Follow Backable on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/backableai/ Follow TK on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/timkrotiris Follow Nigel on Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/this_backable_life Backable on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/backableai/ TK on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkrotiris/ Nigel on LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigelwalton/ CALL TO ACTION If you've been chasing "better" without a clear idea of what you're actually building toward, Backable helps you put real clarity around your goals and the steps to get there — so effort turns into progress you can actually see.

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If you could listen to every conversation within the walls of a High Performance Business Growth Consultancy, do you believe you could improve your business? At worst, could you at least reinforce your own opinions, optimise ideas and use some insights to accelerate your performance each day? This is the next best thing. Covering key business ideas from areas including leadership, partnerships and the realities of business challenges. What does it really take to grow? Access insights from the Philotimo Performance Centre, industry experts, quiet achievers and business builders sharing their experiences.

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  • Creator
    Tim Krotiris
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    139
  • Rating
    Explicit
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