Tim Storey: The Miracle Mindset Every Entrepreneur Needs to Bounce Back | Human Behavior | YAPClassic

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1:34What's up, Yap fam? Today, we're unlocking the archives of young and profiting for a truly special episode. We're rewinding back to 2020, the year I launched Yap Media, to revisit one of the most inspiring conversations I've ever had. My guest, Tim Story, a world-renowned thought leader, life strategist, speaker, and counselor who has helped some of the most successful people in the world find clarity and purpose. From high-profile executives and pro athletes to A-list celebrities like Robert Downey Jr., Grant Cardone, and Lewis Howes, Tim has been the go-to mentor for those looking to level up in life.

2:14What made this conversation so powerful for me was Tim's deep wisdom on alignment, purpose, and personal transformation. He talked about how to align with your most authentic self, how to know if you're chasing the right dream, and how to tap into what he calls a miracle mindset. I left our discussion feeling inspired and recharged, and I know you will too. So sit back and enjoy this conversation with the one and only Tim Story. So you do a whole lot of things. So for my listeners who may not be familiar with you, Tim Story, what is the red thread between all of these activities? Like what is your true calling and your purpose and life and what connects the dots between all of these activities?

2:58I love that question. So the idea of the thread that connects is I am a humanitarian. I love the underdog because I was the underdog. I'm drawn to the person that has a setback, doesn't know how to have a comeback. So even since I was a little kid, I love the underdog. So you see that all the way across everything I do. That's amazing. And speaking of you wanting to be a humanitarian, from my understanding, when you were 18 years old, you got very influenced by Mother Teresa, right? And so for my listeners who don't know you, you grew up in Compton, you were 18 years old, you were extremely athletic, not the typical thing for an athletic, you know, young man to want to go do to, you know, seminary school and become a humanitarian.

3:47So what was it about Mother Teresa that you just got so inspired to change the whole direction of your life. So it happened my senior year of high school. There was a young lady that I really respected and we're still great friends to this day. And she was reading this book about the life of Mother Teresa. And I noticed her on campus, she'd be reading it. And I saw the cover. So I asked her, you know, what is it about? So she explained. And she goes, you should read it. She goes, this is kind of like how you are. So that's an awesome thing about life. You know, sometimes it's observation and conversations that can change your direction.

4:27Because my direction was I wanted to go to USC and I wanted to be a communications major and be in entertainment. And so I read this book and I got so touched on how one lady who was a nun helped tens of thousands of orphans throughout her lifetime. So I decided after really thinking about it, meditating on it, decided to go to seminary and my life just continued to change. That's amazing. And so now you're really well known for being like a huge motivational speaker. And at the time when you went to seminary school, did you know that you were a good communicator or did you kind of like fall into that?

5:08How did that happen? I knew I was just a young person with an idea. And I love to talk about this because I think sometimes in life we decide and sometimes we discover. So I wish I could just say that I sat back and I just decided that I would be well-known. No, I just kind of like kept discovering things. So when I was in seminary, a friend of mine said, hey, Tim, I'm supposed to be teaching at this ROTC class on the Bible. It's a group of about 30 men. I can't do it tonight. Can you do it? Me a favor and do it. I go, no, no, no. I'm not a talker. It's a true story. I'm not a talker. He goes, Tim, I really need you to do it.

5:54So I did him a favor and I did it. And I had these guys laughing so hard. and I didn't know that I had that charisma on stage and that I had the ability to make people laugh. And so they said, you know, we love the other guy, but can we get you next week as well? And that's how it started. Wow, that's amazing. And so I assume it was lots of hard work and practice and experience. And one of the most interesting things that I've heard you say and something that really spoke to me because I think it's like everything that I believe in, it's this concept of the law of the harvest. and you quote the proverb 1211, he who works land shall have abundance.

6:33Whoever chases fantasies lacks wisdom. And so I think a lot of millennials need to hear this. People think like, oh, I have a dream. That means it's going to happen. But really dreams require a lot of hard work. And to accomplish your goals, you need to really put in the legwork. And so we live in a world where everything looks like an overnight success. You look on social media, you think, oh, they just fell into it. And that could be me. and everybody wants to get rich quick. So talk to us about the law of harvest because I think this is so profound. I love it. Thank you. I love young people's energy and I'm surrounded by young people who work with me on projects like from 17, 18 on because I love their creative energy.

7:17But I think this is one thing that draws them to me. We have people from all over the world trying to come to us in LA to do an internship with us because they love my discipline. And the whole idea is dreaming is easy, but to do the dream is a whole different thing. Walt Disney walked into an amusement park in the 30s and he said, one day I want to build my own amusement park but mine's going to be different, better and more magical. Well, the thing about Walt Disney that I love is that as I began to study him, his work ethic was at the next level. So he really practiced these principles of the law of the harvest that you described, which is if you want to harvest, if you want to create Disneyland, as he did in the 60s, after he saw the vision of it, you first have to plow the ground, then you have to plant the right seed, then you have to water the seeds, that's every single day you're hustling, and then you're going to reap a harvest.

8:22But then the proverb says, if you chase fantasies, then you lack wisdom. And you're right. We have a lot of people, even my age, that are still chasing fantasies to this day, but you got to plow, you got to plant, you got to water, and then payday is on its way. Yeah. And so when I was thinking about this, I also heard you talking about something called the miracle mindset. And you always talk about how having the right mindset is necessary. And it made me think that like in this whole analogy in terms of a farm, like the sun is kind of like your mindset at the end of the day. You can't do everything when you're in the dark, right?

9:01And so you also need the light. So tell us about what is a miracle mindset? What kind of a perspective do we need to have in order to be, you know, as productive as possible and move towards our goals? So the mindset is so, so important because, you know, it's not just to rhyme, but truly the mindset will create a mood set. So if you tell a little kid that he's going to do something exciting the next day, you've now put something in his mind and it's created a mindset. His mind is set on something. And so the mindset creates the mood set. Oh my gosh, now I'm happy. I get to do this thing tomorrow.

9:43So what I become a master at is creating my own mindset. Because when we were kids in Compton, California, we had seven people in a two bedroom apartment, which is very, very crowded. And then we had seven people in a Volkswagen bug, which is called illegal. You're not supposed to have that man. So I created my own mindset through the realm of imagination. So I started seeing things on TV, predominantly Disney things that we would see. They would come on Sunday nights and my older sisters would watch and my mind just started taking off. So my mindset became beyond. I was thinking beyond, dreaming beyond.

10:35So my mindset changed my mood set that even though I was in cramped and crowded places, my sisters used to say, this guy, he walks like he's a king, but we were poor, but it was my mindset. Yeah. And so for those people who are struggling to have this strong mindset if they find them having themselves negative thoughts all the time and they just can't get out of it? What's your advice there? So I'm going to be good at this question because I've just spent three years writing a book, as you know, called The Miracle Mentality. So literally three years I've been writing with an amazing editor, like, holy schmoly, This guy's so good.

11:20Teachers at Princeton. But here's what happens. In my travels, I found out that people usually live in these categories, what I call the messy, disheveled, the mundane, which is like the regular, the status quo, or many times lived in the madness. So they lived in the messy where their life was just disheveled. Okay. are some lived in the mundane where it's just mundane day after day after day after day with no break. And then some lived in the madness. And I found that if you are constantly in the messy and the madness, it's hard to make room for the magic. You got to make room for magic. And so I teach people in my seminars, don't sprinkle magic on your messy.

12:11Like, oh my gosh, gosh, I'm going with my girls. We're going to Vegas. But you're like all living a messy life, but you're going to sprinkle like a magical weekend. I mean, that's great because you need to rest and live, but we got to deal with your mess to make some permanent room for magic. That's where I'm good. So let's go back to working the land because I think this is like, it's so true. Like you just need to work out what's actually in front of you in the moment. And I heard you on an interview with Grant Cardone and you were talking about the importance of living in the moment. So how does living in the moment relate to working your land?

12:51So when I was a kid at 15 and a half, I got my first job as a dishwasher. And I remember the cook used to make fun of me because he would say, Timmy, why are you washing these dishes like you own the place? And I remember I was just so happy about having this job. So I was just hustling. I was plowing. I was planting good seed. I was watering. And I would show up early every single day just plowing, planting, watering. So the owner, Mr. Anderson, saw this and he said, Timmy, I want to put you from dishwasher to busboy. And so that was like a big deal. And I'll never forget that as a busboy, I was hustling, doing the same thing.

13:36I was plowing, I was planting, I was plowing, I was planting, I was watering, I was plowing, planting, watering. And then different owners of restaurants would come into this nice restaurant I was working at and they would try to hire me. So I said to Mr. Anderson, now, you know, these friends of yours are trying to give me jobs. He goes, no, I know. He goes, Tim, because you're a hustler. He goes, I can't believe your mindset and you're so happy about it. I said, but I'm loyal to you. So he kept that loyalty and kept me there until I was 17. And then I went and worked at a really good restaurant called Jimmy's that a lot of people wanted to work at.

14:11But it was that plowing, that planting, that watering. But I was in the moment. I was fully present, fully feeling, fully alive. When I was a dishwasher, bam, I was there. Bus boy, bam, I was there. Waiter, bam, I was there. So I think it's important mostly for young people to be in the moment, fully present, fully feeling, fully alive. Don't just do it to get you there. Just do it and excel where you are. Yeah. And also don't worry about where you're going to go next, right? So like, for example, when I was younger and I was in my internships, I just focused on my internship. I didn't worry about like, oh, am I going to get the job?

14:54Or, oh, I wish I was an employee already. It doesn't matter. You've got to focus up the task at hand and where you are at hand and feel confident and happy that you're there, right? No, I like what you're saying there. And let's just stop there for a moment, if you don't mind, because I think that you have really figured this out. Because if you plow the ground, plant the seed, water the seed, you're going to get a harvest. And what I have found is that people came looking for me. I don't go like knock on everybody's door to get in places. You know, people always say like, how did you get in with Oprah?

15:33I mean, like she's one of my great friends. How did you get in with Steve Harvey and do a 20 city tour? How did you get in with him or her? Bam or boom or boom or bam. I never looked for one person. I was, I was working my land. I was just loving people, coaching people, helping people, being a humanitarian. And these people look for me.

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20:26Okay, so people say, Tim Story, how do I find direction in my life? You got to stop. You got to look. You got to listen. So people say, well, follow your heart, but we got to make sure your heart is purified. so if you have the wrong things in your heart let's not follow your heart then take you to the wrong places but if your intentions are correct i like that word you used earlier and your heart has the right motives right then when you stop you can look within and your heart is trying to talk to you why because your dream has a voice so powerful. Your dream has a voice. And there's times that you're going to date somebody, some of you guys that are watching, and your heart is telling you, no, but you do it anyway.

21:23So in those cases, you need to follow your heart. And so I feel that you can plow in the wrong areas. And if you feel like you've started to do that, whether it's a major you've started in college or jobs once you got out or a relationship you've been in for a long time, it's not working. You need to stop again, look again, and listen again. Yeah. And just one more question on this. My listeners are young, right? And so a lot of the times when you're growing up, it's your outside influences telling you what you need to be doing with your life. What about like when you're getting all this pressure, like what do you suggest?

22:02How do you kind of like own that and take control of your life? So I don't really like blame certain parents to go like, you know, I created this empire and go here. I created this and go here because I started off mentoring and tutoring and life coaching famous people's kids, like the most famous celebrities you can imagine their kids. I started mentoring them when they were like young kids. OK, and then I saw them grow up and do big things, a lot of them. And so many times if the dad or mom did great in a certain position, they would want the child to go there because they had paved the way.

22:41I believe this, that you could be the right person with the right plan, but you need the right partners. You need the right partners who are not just trying to take you how they see life from their vantage point, their point of view, their mindset. but they're willing to listen to your heart and your calling. Cause I think the calling calls you. So, I mean, I see you right now. You are like right in the middle of your calling. Oh, thank you. Right now you're just like flying. You're like, this is me. Right. Thank you. Yeah. I really feel that way. So I'm glad that you did not become a doctor. I'm glad that you are doing this.

23:28you're going to be a writer, you're a speaker, you're a humanitarian, you're a global leader. That's what I see in your future. So I'm glad you're that because we need you to be that. Thank you, Tim. So let's take it back to your childhood. You're known as the comeback coach, right? And I think one of your first big comebacks happened when you were very young. And it's, I hate, we're so positive. I hate to bring it there, but I think it's a lesson for the listeners, right? And so when you were 10 years old, you lost your father, you lost your sister shortly after that. And it turns out your siblings dealt with this loss a lot differently than you did.

24:07So tell us about how your siblings dealt with it and how you dealt with it and why you think you were able to kind of deal with it in a more positive way. So I think it's something that happens to all of us and not the same way, but it's something that I've been talking about for 20 years called life interruptions, where an interruption is when you're disturbed, somebody knocks at your door of life and interrupts you with many things that we would have never ordered from life's menu. It could be asthma. I've seen people with lupus or Lyme disease or just something bad happens in your childhood.

24:45For me, you know, my father went to go get my mother food. And so he was just going through a green light and it was at nighttime sometime in January and bless this guy's heart, he ran a red light, hit my father and my father died. So the thing that was challenging is my father was the one that had really good energy in the family. My mother was stronger. My mother is Latin. Everything is like the way she does life, not all Latins because I'm part Latin, but the way she does life, it was more like just strong willed. So we needed the energy of my father. When that was taken, it was like it was sucked out.

25:25Okay. And so that life interruption was something that my siblings did not know what to do with. So most of them just got up and ran. They ran to like friends' homes or ran to a boyfriend because they're much older than me. My brother, he ran to his friends. So a lot of times it was just me and my mother who worked at a donut shop who were in this house together. And it was really a sad situation. But what I did is I used my imagination again. Remember the power of the imagination? And I began to imagine things. And this is a real story. I told my mother when I was 12. I said, mom, do not worry.