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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. 15h ago

    Business Overwhelm Ends the Moment You Find This One Domino

    There's one moment that ends business overwhelm — and it's smaller than you think. Nigel and TK dig into why your brain buries the one change that actually matters, and how to find it before it finds you.  EPISODE SUMMARY  This episode is for business owners who feel like everything needs to change at once — the ones caught in decision fatigue, carrying a hundred small things they could fix but paralysed about where to start. Nigel and TK use a simple thought exercise — imagining your life as a movie the audience is watching — to explore why our brains resist change even when we know something isn't working anymore.  TK unpacks why business overwhelm pushes us to try to fix everything at once, why that's actually a stalling tactic, and why subtracting what no longer serves you often has to come before you add anything new. They work through real examples — outsourcing small decisions to a partner, carrying tasks that were never really yours, and the discomfort of admitting you're not operating at a world-class level in your own role.  Listeners will walk away with a practical way to cut through overwhelm and decision fatigue: find the one domino that, if it fell, would open everything else up — and get close enough to it to give it a push. It's a conversation about leadership clarity, small repeatable choices, and building real momentum in your business and your life.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  Overwhelm often shows up as "I need two hours" when the real first step only takes two minutes — start smaller than your brain wants you to. Before adding anything new to your business, work out what needs to be subtracted first. Outsourcing small decisions to others, at home or at work, can quietly become a form of unclear leadership. Your role in any business is to keep making yourself redundant — upskilling is part of the job, not separate from it. When everything feels urgent, look for the one domino that would open up everything else, and start there. 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 sitting in overwhelm trying to work out where to start, Backable is built to work through that first domino with you — mapping the one shift that matters most and turning it into a plan you'll actually follow through on. Join Backable free and let your business partner help you find it.

  2. 5d ago

    How to Turn Hard Work Into Results That Grow Your Business

    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 effective work are the same thing. Drawing on TK's own kickboxing career — and the week of forced rest before a fight that changed how he saw performance — the conversation moves into what actually happens when business owners can't tell the difference between being busy and being effective.  This episode is for business owners who feel like they're doing everything right but can't explain why the results aren't showing up — the ones stuck in the "just work harder" loop, quietly exhausted, and starting to doubt themselves for it. TK and Nigel talk through why so many people hide in hard work instead of asking harder questions, why "the new business owner" identity has quietly replaced burnout with normalcy, and how to spot the difference between a genuine growth sprint and a habit that's costing you.  You'll walk away with a simple but confronting filter: if you can't point to what's changed, you're not working hard — you're avoiding the work that actually matters. It's a conversation about business growth, decision-making, and giving yourself permission to change direction, not doubling down.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Activity without outcome is a form of procrastination — more hours doesn't fix a strategy that isn't working. There's a real difference between periods where a business genuinely needs a sprint, and treating constant pressure as the new normal. The hardest work isn't more effort — it's questioning what isn't working and being willing to change it. Rest isn't the opposite of performance; TK's kickboxing story shows how a forced break sharpened his output before a fight. If nothing has changed in how you're operating, you're choosing to hide — and that's a decision you can make differently.  CONNECT WITH US 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai 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 not sure whether your hard work is actually moving your business forward, that's exactly the gap Backable helps you close — join free and start turning your intentions into a plan you can measure.

  3. 5d ago

    Business Preparation: Why the Warrior Sleeps With a Sword

    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.'In this episode, TK and Nigel dig into one of the most uncomfortable questions in business: how do you know if you're preparing for what's next, or just busy convincing yourself you are? Using the warrior-and-sword saying as their starting point, they pull it apart from every angle — is it about readiness, or is it really about pressure and always looking for a fight? TK's answer reframes the whole idea: real preparation lets you sleep peacefully, not anxiously.  This one is for business owners who are self-funding their growth, wearing more hats than they would like, and answering to no one but themselves — which, as TK points out, is exactly what makes self-delusion so easy to slip into. They work through real examples of the sword in practice: networking that can take years to pay off, the AI adoption gap most businesses are quietly sitting inside, and the generalist hire that often masks a deeper leadership problem.  You will walk away with a practical way to test your own business preparation, including the weekly discipline TK and Lana built to strip out what is not working, one redundant thing at a time. It is a conversation about being genuinely ready, not just looking ready.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  Real business preparation should feel like peace, not pressure — if it feels like you're always waiting for a fight, that's worth examining. A simple weekly habit of removing one redundant thing forces honest conversations about what's actually working in your business. Networking ROI is real, but the risk is mistaking years of activity for guaranteed return — track it like you would any other investment. Hiring a generalist to cover "a bit of everything" is often a delusion dressed up as a necessity. Learning compounds: the AI skills or networking hours that show no payoff today are usually what let you move fast when it counts. CONNECT WITH US  🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai 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 want to know whether you're genuinely prepared or just holding a sword for comfort, Backable can help you work out what's actually paying off in your business — and what's not.

  4. Jul 4

    You're Not My #1 — And Why That Made Everything Else Possible

    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 with Nigel to tell the full story — one that's resonated with everyone who's heard it in abbreviated form. When TK and Elana launched their digital media agency, they weren't just navigating a new business. They were navigating a relationship under pressure. Rather than let friction build silently, they did something most business-owning couples never do: they sat down together and got completely honest about priorities. The famous line — "you are not my highest priority right now" — sounds brutal out of context. TK unpacks exactly why it was the opposite. When you both agree on the vehicle, you stop fighting about the direction. This episode goes well beyond the mechanics. TK and Nigel explore what happens when "going all in" tips into recklessness, why so many successful business owners arrive at the finish line and feel nothing, and what it costs when friendships quietly fracture under the weight of singular focus. They also unpack what changes when a child enters the equation — and whether the framework TK and Elana built in year one needed to be rebuilt entirely. This one is for business owners who are building something alongside the people they love most — and want to do it without losing either. KEY TAKEAWAYS Deprioritising your partner isn't the same as devaluing them — clarity about the season you're in can be the most protective thing you do for a relationship.Loyalty and values only become real when they're tested; agreeing on priorities before the pressure hits is what makes the difference.Dilution is the real danger in both business and relationships — not conflict, not failure, but the slow erosion of something electric into something merely tolerable.Winning in business doesn't automatically feel like winning — values alignment is what determines whether the finish line means anything.The reframe that changes everything: "Our family is our business. We happen to have projects that make money."CONNECT WITH US 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai 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 this episode got you thinking about how intention becomes action in your business and your relationships, Backable is the partner that helps you follow through — on your commitments, your goals, and the things that matter most. Join free at backable.ai and start building with someone in your corner.

  5. Jul 2

    How High Performers Run a Business

    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, Nigel sits down with TK to explore the through-line between competing at representative level in baseball and football, wanting to turn professional in kickboxing, and building companies from the ground up. The conversation moves from Formula One's obsession with marginal gains to what it feels like when the world slows down in the middle of a fight — and why that same state of clarity is something TK actively engineers into his daily routine as a founder and CEO. This episode is for business owners who sense that their physical habits and their business performance are connected — but haven't yet made that link explicit. TK makes it explicit. The correlation between his best business periods and his most consistent physical routine isn't coincidental. It's causal. And the habit he shares at the end of this episode is one of the most practical and transferable things you'll hear on this show. This one is also for anyone who's ever felt the strange joy of competing hard against someone they deeply respect — and understood, on some level, that their greatest rival made them who they are. KEY TAKEAWAYS Being around specialists — even briefly — can create leaps in performance that years of local-level experience never produces; the right coach at the right time changes everything.Your greatest competitor is often your greatest teacher — rivalry, handled well, pushes you to levels you'd never reach in comfortable environments.The obsession that drives great business owners isn't about money — it's about the fascination of the build, the love of working with people, and the joy of winning together.Physical grounding isn't separate from business performance — for TK, the gym isn't a wellbeing habit, it's the central pillar that everything else is built on.The best thinking doesn't happen at the desk — clarity comes when you're fully present in something else entirely, and the smartest thing a founder can do is engineer more of those moments into their week.CONNECT WITH US 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai 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 this episode got you thinking about where your own performance anchor is — and how to build it into your routine consistently — Backable is the partner that helps intention become action. Join free at backable.ai and start building your best business days by design.

  6. Jul 2

    How to Use Fear to Build a Stronger, Bolder Business

    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 related to fear. In this solo episode, TK introduces the ancient Greek concept of negative visualisation — a practice used by Olympians to build unshakeable identity by fully accepting the worst case scenario. Not to spiral into despair, but to locate the fear that's quietly holding every decision hostage, and dissolve its grip. The episode walks through the most common fear in business — losing your best client — and shows exactly how running that fear all the way to its conclusion doesn't weaken you. It frees you. Because the moment you accept something might happen, you stop defending against it and start preparing for what comes next. TK's core argument is one of the most liberating ideas in business: you are not your business. Your identity is not tied to whether a client stays or leaves, whether a quarter goes well or badly. When that separation becomes real, everything changes — the culture loosens, decisions get bolder, and the things that used to tighten an entire organisation start to feel like tomorrow's opportunity dressed up as today's stress. This episode is for business owners who feel the weight of fear in their business right now — and are ready to make it work for them instead of against them. KEY TAKEAWAYS Fear doesn't slow great businesses down — avoiding fear does. The moment you step into it and examine it fully, it loses its power over your decisions.The ancient Greek practice of negative visualisation — running your worst case scenario all the way to its conclusion — is one of the most practical mindset tools available to any business owner.Separating your identity from your business is not about caring less. It's about gaining the objectivity to lead, decide, and grow without the weight of taking everything personally.When an organisation loosens its grip on fear, everything flows differently — clients, referrals, culture, and the boldness required to pursue tomorrow's opportunities.Your worst case scenario is almost always survivable — and almost always contains the seeds of what your business needs to become next.CONNECT WITH US 🚀 Join Backable free → https://backable.ai 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 this episode landed — if there's a fear in your business you've been circling rather than stepping into — Backable is the partner that helps you face it with clarity and build from it. Join free at backable.ai and start turning today's pressure into tomorrow's advantage.

  7. Jul 2

    The Comeback Was Always The Plan

    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 industrial revolution — is the only moment this could have launched. This isn't a comeback. It's an arrival. If you've ever had to back yourself before you could prove it — this one's for you.

  8. 07/14/2021

    How Often Do You Review Your Guiding Principles?

    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

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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
    131
  • Rating
    Clean
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