Foundations And Futures

Tim Sayce
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Most business owners are brilliant at what they do. But somewhere between the cashflow pressure, the team dramas, and the never-ending to-do list, they miss the bigger opportunity sitting right in front of them. This podcast exists to change that. Hosted by Tim, founder of three seven-figure businesses, Foundations & Futures is the podcast for ambitious business owners who are ready to stop working in the business and start building something bigger with it. No textbook theory. No TED-talk fluff. Real conversations. Actionable advice. New episodes every Monday.

  1. 5d ago

    Who Are You Outside Your Business?

    Take away the business. Take away the money, the titles, what you provide for your family. Just for a second. What's left? That question made me uncomfortable when I first sat with it, which is probably why it's worth asking. Pete McLean coaches successful men for a living, and he's honest that he's in the middle of this himself rather than talking from the other side. His line that stopped me: his success has repeatedly felt like a prison, and the thing people praise him for is the very thing he can't appreciate. We get into why there's no off switch and what to do instead. The ten days his coach made him take off training, and what came out of it. And why the goal was never to lower the pressure. This episode covers burnout, pressure and men's mental health openly. If any of it hits close to home, talk to someone. A mate, your GP, or Lifeline on 13 11 14. In this episode: Who am I outside my business, and why the question is uncomfortable Why success feels empty, and why enough is never enough High performer burnout that isn't about working too many hours Working from unworthiness, and suffering to feel you deserve it Why the off switch is a myth, and the dials concept instead Nervous system regulation, and why Pete thinks the industry has it backwards Why family starts to feel like more work than the business The Third Space, and the tradies who'd worked it out without naming it Ten days off training, and what his body did with it Hustle culture as performance, and the gap between posting it and living it Men's mental health, and why giving constantly makes receiving hard Personal development for men, and where to actually start  Resources mentioned: The Third Space by Dr Adam Fraserhttps://dradamfraser.com/shop-content/p/the-third-space Connect with Pete: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/petejmclean/?hl=en Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5TogkwPe8Z9NStUFLndTSi?si=544fe853fa1e467d  Connect with Tim: Instagram: @timsayce Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-sayce-658a2616b Website: https://kaikonstruct.com.au/about/tim-sayce/ Foundations & Futures is for ambitious business owners who want to build a successful business and use it as the vehicle to create long-term family wealth, freedom and opportunity. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

  2. Sep 27

    What Made Me Successful Is Burning Me Out

    If you're a business owner who wants to run a more successful business and use it to build long-term wealth, subscribe. New episodes drop every Monday. And if there's a topic you want me to cover, let me know in the comments. Right now I'm doing the least hands-on work I've ever done in my business. And I've never felt more burnt out. Less work, more fried. That makes no sense, and I couldn't figure out why until a walk with my coach put words to something I'd been carrying for years. He told me there are two places we draw our self worth from. Self-esteem comes from within and stays stable no matter what happens. Other-esteem comes from outside: the wins, the recognition, the bank balance. And overachievers draw almost all of it from the outside. That one hit hard. It's why a great deal never lands before I'm chasing the next one, and why a blank space in my calendar makes me feel useless to the business. I'm still in the middle of this. But I'm naming it when it happens, sitting in the gap on purpose, and asking whether I'm content with the outcome, not just whether the number went up. Blank space is starting to feel like freedom instead of a failure. In this episode: -Business owner burnout when I'm doing the least hands-on work I've ever done -Productivity guilt, and why I jam every blank space in my calendar -Self worth: self-esteem, other-esteem and where overachievers draw theirs from -Why the win never lands, and the great deal I didn't stop to enjoy -Never feeling satisfied, and the question Lauren asked me about our development deal -The drag car that gets a full engine rebuild after every single sprint -Why the thing that made me successful is the same thing burning me out -Losing a deal, letting it go, and why the feedback loop gets shorter every time -Getting a performance coach and an accountability partner who'll call it out -Redefining success by asking "am I content with this outcome either way?" -Stoicism for business owners: Seneca on the person who craves more -The development deal that went exactly how I wanted, and letting go of squeezing more out of it Connect with Tim: Instagram: @timsayce (https://www.instagram.com/timsayce/) Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-sayce-658a2616b Website: https://kaikonstruct.com.au/about/tim-sayce/ Foundations & Futures is for ambitious business owners who want their business to build long-term family wealth, freedom and opportunity. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

  3. Sep 20

    What to Check Before You Buy Your Next Property

    You're about to sign for the biggest purchase of your life. More money into one asset than you'll put anywhere else. And most people do it half blind, trusting the person selling it to them. Anthony spent eight years in the Army before moving into certification. He ended up running inspections for one of the biggest companies in the country, then walked away to do it his own way. Now he caps himself at two inspections a day and refuses to scale, because the moment he does, people stop getting the thing they paid for.  I've been on the wrong side of it. To win a property, I waived my own building inspection. Eight weeks later my team was still decontaminating black mould. I own a building company and it was still a strain.  This one covers what to check before you sign. What an inspector finds that you never would. And why the person signing off your new build might not be working for you.  In this episode: -Building inspection basics and what a proper one actually covers -First home buyer mistakes and tips that save you tens of thousands -Why buyers waive inspections to win in a hot market, and what that risk looks like -Buying a house in Australia: what ten minutes at an open home doesn't show you -Property investment mistakes and where your returns quietly disappear -The flipped house with no water stops, moving tiles and a benchtop packed with cardboard -The garage conversion with no approval, and what council can make you undo -The questions to ask a building inspector before you book them -New build defects, staged inspections, and the five stages of a build -Why your certifier is engaged by the builder, not by you -Building defects Australia and why construction quality now loses to speed -How to choose a builder, and why the site supervisor is the tell  Connect with Anthony: Website: https://toptierbuildinginspections.com.au/ Connect with Tim: Instagram:  @timsayce Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-sayce-658a2616b Website: https://kaikonstruct.com.au/about/tim-sayce/ Foundations & Futures is for ambitious business owners who want their business to build long-term family wealth, freedom and opportunity.  New episodes every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

  4. Sep 13

    Why Levelling Up Feels Like Falling Behind

    A 16-year-old apprentice asked me the other day how I knew all this. I went to answer him and it hit me mid sentence. The thing he was watching was a twist of the shovel that makes cleaning a hole faster and easier. It took me three years to learn. He was six months in and holding his day one up against my 25 years. Then I realised I do exactly the same thing to myself.  Pivoting my business meant I became the face of it overnight. I went from the tools to marketing, sales, podcasts and being in front of the camera. Twenty-five years a carpenter and suddenly I was a beginner again, and I was bad at it. You've been doing this long enough, the voice said. You should be better than this.  I wasn't going backwards. I'd just picked up a shovel I'd never used before. In this episode: -Why levelling up in business always feels like going backwards -Beginner mindset, and why every master goes back to apprentice -Imposter syndrome and the voice that says you should be further along by now -Why your ego makes you avoid the exact thing that would grow the business -Nobody is simply good at business. You're a master in some areas and a novice in others -The first deck I ever sold, and the client who told me my work sold it, not my pitch -Adding the reps, and running towards the thing you've been avoiding -Why marketing and being the face of your business should take years, same as any trade -Pivoting your business and learning a whole new skill set to do it -Managing 40 homes from day one, and 500 builds in four years as a site supervisor -Leading a team with realistic expectations instead of measuring them against your own best  Connect with Tim: Instagram:  @timsayce Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-sayce-658a2616b Website: https://kaikonstruct.com.au/about/tim-sayce/ Foundations & Futures is for ambitious business owners who want their business to build long-term family wealth, freedom and opportunity.  New episodes every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss one. Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/moire/faded-frames License code: QHSBNZ8VQQVH51FB

  5. Sep 6

    How Two Brothers Split One Business

    A bloke washed dishes at a restaurant in Canada for one snow season. He kept getting free beers there for years afterwards. Not the head chef. Not the manager. The dishwasher. That bloke is my brother. He worked out that clean plates meant better tips for the front of house, and clean pans meant the chef wasn't held up. He chopped the wood nobody else wanted to touch. On $11 an hour with no tips, he built a different kind of currency. The reason he owned that kitchen from the sink is the same reason our building company works today. Jamie runs the site and I run the business. We did our apprenticeship together but went completely separate ways. Years later we ended up in a shipping container on a farm building the first version of Kai Konstruct. We get into how we split one business in two. Why we don’t fight about it. And what to look for before you do the same.  In this episode: Family business and why it isn't the risk everyone says it is The dishwasher principle: work out what everyone needs from you and deliver it every time How two brothers split one business into site and office Why complementary strengths beat identical ones in a business partnership Trust in business, and why Tim hasn't been to site in a month How we disagree without it turning into an argument, and the lanes that make it work Why a construction business is really two businesses in one Going from the tools to running a business, and why nobody teaches tradies that part What a site supervisor actually does, and leadership on site with trades Removing bottlenecks, and the phone call that dropped Tim's ego in one hit Business partnership advice: what to look for and the warning signs it won't work Why every position has more leverage than you think  Connect with Tim: Instagram: @timsayce |  @affinity_res |  @kaikonstruct | Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-sayce-658a2616b Kai Konstruct: https://kaikonstruct.com.au/about/tim-sayce/ Affinity Res: https://affinityres.com.au/ Foundations & Futures is for ambitious business owners who want their business to build long-term family wealth, freedom and opportunity.  New episodes every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss one. Music from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/light-prism/stay-motivatedLicense code: LCGWROUOMQICRSBW

  6. Aug 30

    Running a business is lonely

    Running a business can be the loneliest thing to do. You're surrounded by people all day but carrying everything on your own. You can't show the team the cracks because they need you to be the steady one. You don't want to dump it on your partner because they've already had the worst of you.  So you lie awake at 2am asking why you're even doing this, with nobody to say it to. I was at an all time low and seriously thinking about calling it quits.  Then a conversation with a stranger gave me the clarity I needed.  That one conversation was the difference between carrying on and packing it in. In this episode: -Business owner loneliness and why it hits hardest when you're surrounded by people -Lonely at the top, and why you can't show the team the cracks -Why you don't take it home to your partner either -The 2am question every business owner has asked themselves -Business owner burnout, business owner stress, and getting close to walking away -The airport conversation with a builder I'd never met -Why running a solo business isn't a badge of honour, and why asking for help felt like failure -Entrepreneur mental health and the cost of building a business alone -Building a business network that helps, and finding a business mentor playing a bigger game -What to pay yourself, how to structure finance, and the questions nobody answers alone -Referring work with no agenda, and the ecosystem that comes back around  Connect with Tim: Instagram:  @timsayce Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-sayce-658a2616b Website: https://kaikonstruct.com.au/about/tim-sayce/ Foundations & Futures is for ambitious business owners who want their business to build long-term family wealth, freedom and opportunity.  New episodes every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

  7. Aug 23

    Financial Freedom Starts Outside Your Business

    Everyone says reinvest everything into your business. Nobody tells you when to stop. Matt Srama found out the hard way. Two and a half years in, he was earning the most money he'd ever made but dreading Monday at his own business. Then it clicked. He'd bought himself a job. He'd already lost one career. And now the one he’d created for himself felt like a chore.  We talk about the three pillars he runs his life by. The mistake that cost him his own borrowing power. And why assets outside the business make the biggest difference. He also shares the one question he'd ask owners who have everything tied to their business, which took him years to answer himself. In this episode: -Business owner wealth creation and when to stop reinvesting every dollar -The three pillars: business, wealth and personal, and why they run together -Business owner burnout, the sauna moment, and "I bought myself a job" -The three times he nearly quit, including once before he'd even started -The Cashflow Quadrant and the flip in how he saw money and profit -Buying his first investment property at 22 on a footy wage -Deposit fear and limiting the time between your thoughts and your actions -The business strategy mistake that wrecked his borrowing power before EOFY -Playing the year in quarters and halves instead of going all-in on one thing -How a property portfolio and passive income made him take more risk, not less -Career transition from professional sport, leadership, and scaling a business -Property investment mistakes: right location, wrong dwelling type  Resources mentioned: Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber  Connect with Matt: Website: https://www.thesramagroup.com/  Instagram: @matt_srama Instagram: @srama_goldcoast Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ZTdnNdku9iVdkBEFrND8V  Connect with Tim: Instagram: @timsayce Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-sayce-658a2616b Website: https://kaikonstruct.com.au/about/tim-sayce/ Foundations & Futures is for ambitious business owners who want to build a successful business and use it as the vehicle to create long-term family wealth, freedom and opportunity. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss one. Music from #Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/simon-folwar/the-first-snowfall License code: LPHTJX3UQXHGIALZ

  8. Aug 16

    The Habit Driving Business Burnout

    Nobody posts the hard years. Someone bumped into me at a coffee shop and told me we were crushing it. I smiled and said thanks. In my head I was running through the floods, Covid, sleepless nights, and the moments I wanted to pack it all in. Then a younger builder told me he looked up to me. Instead of feeling good, I felt like a fraud. I'd become the highlight reel, doing to him exactly what the feed had been doing to me. The comparison trap. In this episode I'm breaking down the comparison habit, what it cost, and the question that replaced it.  In this episode: Business comparison and why it quietly kills your drive Social media comparison, doomscrolling, and what the feed does to you at 10pm Your messy 24 hours against someone else's best 10 seconds Imposter syndrome and feeling like a fraud when someone says you're crushing it Why overnight success is a myth, and chapter three versus chapter twenty Business owner burnout from measuring against the wrong scoreboard The iceberg: the 10% everyone sees and the 90% nobody does How I rebuilt my feed and started measuring year on year instead Why reaching out to the people I admired unlocked my business growth Finding a business network that tells you the truth Losing motivation in business and how I got my drive back The only question worth asking when you catch yourself comparing  Connect with Tim: Instagram:   @timsayce Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/tim-sayce-658a2616b Website: https://kaikonstruct.com.au/about/tim-sayce/ Foundations & Futures is for ambitious business owners who want to build a successful business and use it as the vehicle to create long-term family wealth, freedom and opportunity. New episodes every Monday. Subscribe so you don't miss one. Music used in this episode: Item URL: https://app.envato.com/item/599f80d9-7184-4eef-93c7-31a1673577dd Item ID: 599f80d9-7184-4eef-93c7-31a1673577dd Item License Code: BCXGENKJ75

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Most business owners are brilliant at what they do. But somewhere between the cashflow pressure, the team dramas, and the never-ending to-do list, they miss the bigger opportunity sitting right in front of them. This podcast exists to change that. Hosted by Tim, founder of three seven-figure businesses, Foundations & Futures is the podcast for ambitious business owners who are ready to stop working in the business and start building something bigger with it. No textbook theory. No TED-talk fluff. Real conversations. Actionable advice. New episodes every Monday.

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  • Creator
    Tim Sayce
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    14
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