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Tim Storey: The Miracle Mindset Every Entrepreneur Needs to Bounce Back | Human Behavior | YAPClassic
Fri, 30 May 2025
Tim Storey grew up in a cramped apartment in Compton, where he faced early trauma after losing both his father and sister in quick succession. Despite the odds, he anchored his life in resilience, positivity, and faith. He overcame personal and systemic struggles and rose to become one of the world’s most sought-after life coaches. Tim now guides celebrities, entrepreneurs, and everyday dreamers toward personal breakthroughs using his signature approach - the Miracle Mentality. In this episode, Tim shares how to break free from messy, mundane, or mad living and embrace miraculous thinking through mindset, discipline, and self-improvement. In this episode, Hala and Tim will discuss: (00:00) Introduction (01:21) Tim Story's Journey to Humanitarianism (04:50) The Law of the Harvest (07:19) The Miracle Mindset (11:29) Living in the Moment (17:59) Dealing with Life Interruptions (20:10) Harnessing the Power of Imagination (20:49) Overcoming Setbacks: A Step-by-Step Guide (21:23) Partnering with Power and Principles (22:00) The Importance of Moving Forward (22:46) Helping Regular People: Memorable Stories (29:09) The Secret to a Happy and Peaceful Life (30:46) Staying Cool Amidst Drama (34:32) The Miracle Mentality: Rediscovering Your Inner Child (36:39) Profiting in Life: Cooperating with Destiny Tim Storey is an acclaimed life coach, motivational speaker, and humanitarian known as the "Comeback Coach." He has worked with global icons - from Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones to Robert Downey Jr., guiding them through comebacks, reinvention, and mental healing. Having spoken in over 75 countries, Tim inspires people of all backgrounds to embrace the power of faith, mindset, and personal development. His signature philosophy, The Miracle Mentality, is both a bestselling book and a global movement helping entrepreneurs rise above their everyday limitations and live with extraordinary intention. Sponsored By: Indeed - Get a $75 sponsored job credit at indeed.com/profitingIndeed Shopify - Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at youngandprofiting.co/shopify Mercury - Streamline your banking and finances in one place. Learn more at mercury.com/profiting LinkedIn Marketing Solutions - Get a $100 credit on your next campaign at linkedin.com/profiting Bilt - Start paying rent through Bilt and take advantage of your Neighborhood Benefits™ by going to joinbilt.com/PROFITING. Airbnb - Find yourself a co-host at airbnb.com/host Resources Mentioned: Tim’s Book, The Miracle Mentality: https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Mentality-Source-Magical-Transformation/dp/0785236724 Tim Storey’s Website: https://www.timstorey.com Active Deals - youngandprofiting.com/deals Key YAP Links Reviews - ratethispodcast.com/yap Youtube - youtube.com/c/YoungandProfiting LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/htaha/ Instagram - instagram.com/yapwithhala/ Social + Podcast Services - yapmedia.com Transcripts - youngandprofiting.com/episodes-new Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship podcast, Business, Business podcast, Self Improvement, Personal development, Starting a business, Strategy, Investing, Sales, Selling, Psychology, Productivity, Entrepreneurs, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Marketing, Negotiation, Money, Finance, Side hustle, Startup, Career, Leadership, Mindset, Health, Growth mindset, Habits, Positivity, Human Nature, Human Psychology, Critical Thinking, Robert Greene, Chris Voss, Robert Cialdini
Chapter 1: What inspired Tim Storey to become a humanitarian?
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What'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.
Chapter 2: What is the Law of the Harvest and its significance?
What 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 in life and what connects the dots between all of these activities?
Chapter 3: What is the Miracle Mindset?
I 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 am 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 loved the underdog. So you see that all the way across everything I do.
Though 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 young man to want to go do to seminary school and become a humanitarian. So 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.
Chapter 4: How can we live in the moment?
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. Because 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? How 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? Do 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. And he goes, Tim, I really need you to do it. So 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.
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Chapter 5: What are effective strategies for overcoming setbacks?
Whoever 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. But 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.
Chapter 6: How can imagination empower our goals?
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. 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.
Chapter 7: What is the importance of moving forward in life?
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.
But 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 in this whole analogy in terms of a farm, 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? And 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 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. So what I've 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 mindset. 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 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,
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Chapter 8: How can we maintain a happy and peaceful life?
So 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, like 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, teaches 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? Or 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. Like, oh my 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. And 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 at 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?
So 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.
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