Tim Storey Shares the Secrets to Cultivating Your Miracle Mentality

Tim Storey talks with Allison Maslan about developing a mindset that expects miracles, overcoming setbacks, and building the support systems that make resilience possible. He covers setting boundaries, finding purpose, and the specific mental shifts that turn obstacles into breakthroughs.
So I think you have to. You have to go from believing in. In this magical lifestyle. So I believe it. But the second thing that you're really describing is, do they expect it? So I think a lot of you believe in magic, but do you. Do you expect it for your own life? I mean.
Wow.
Wow.
Wow. That was so moving. Let's give the hearts to Tim. Let's give the hearts.
What a great group, though.
Oh, my goodness.
It's amazing. We could be in this setting, and yet I could feel them. I could feel their energy, their minds, their hearts. Amazing. Amazing.
You got them to pay attention because they knew you were gonna call on them.
They're like, I'm from Compton. I will call you out. Yep.
Oh, my goodness. I love it. I love it. So. Oh, my. This was just. Has been great. So I want to just dive in and ask you a few questions. I love this idea of a miracle mentality and to construct your life for something that's deeper, for something that's more purposeful and meaningful. Where's the starting line? How do you get the momentum going?
Yes.
So.
So I think that you would agree with this that the momentum started early, and it's more that somebody tried to contain or confine our momentum. So when you were a little girl, because I've interviewed you before, you thought big things, had great ideas, and it's amazing you're doing them. So the miracle mentality is innate. It's in us. But I think it has to be cultivated. And so there's a lot of people that are watching that they have not been in the right environment to have the miracle mentality cultivated so they can be educated, have the right conversations and the right observations, that they can continue to grow it.
Yeah, yeah, it's true. I saw some people put in the chat, you know, one day I want to be on stage, like, you have this vision, and it really is about the people that you surround yourself to lift you up.
No doubt about it. And again, and I mean this with all my heart, that's why I'm so glad that you and your team take the time to do sessions like this, because, you know, even out of all the thousands and tens of thousands of people that you've helped, think about the impact that their lives can have now. So thank you for continuing to put your time and energy with you, your husband, and your amazing team.
Thank you. Well, that's why I do it. That's why I do it. And I know that you're the same. It's a calling. It's a calling, the language people use. I'm stalled. I feel trapped.
Yes.
Can you talk about what they. What are the first steps that have to happen? Because they're here, they're like, okay, Tim, I'm ready, but they're still feeling that stuck. How do you. How do you make that shift from the setback to the comeback?
Yes.
So you're using two words that I use in my book, miracle mentality. There's a lot of people that I deal with that feel very stalled. And I know major actors that during COVID they had big movies planned and they had to stall them to halt them because of COVID And what happened is they began to get depressed. They began to get down. So when you're stalled, that means you've halted something. So if I've been stopped now, I want to make the most of my delays. This is very powerful. So me and you both travel. So if our plane is running late and they say, sorry, but what's happened is your plane is now late and it's going to not leave for three hours, I'm not just going to have a pity party. I'm going to make the most of my delay. So if you're stalled, make the most of your delay and grow and get better. Right. So that's. That's part of the stalling, the trapped is you got to figure out how you got trapped. And usually it's choices that many times trap us. It's events that trap us. But now we have to use wisdom to get untrapped. See, I believe if there's a mountain in front of anybody's way, there's ways around the mountain. Sometimes you go through the mountain, sometimes you go around the mountain, and sometimes you climb the mountain. But we can become untrapped.
Yeah, I love that because oftentimes when something doesn't go right, we're like, oh, my God, this didn't work out. And you're saying, okay, take that three hours, and what could you do? Maybe you're going to meet someone that you didn't expect. Maybe start writing your book. Right. I think a lot of people did. In Covid, it gave that. At first we. We were fighting against it, and then it was like, oh, maybe we can. Maybe we can create more miracles during this time.
100%. And as you know, because you study as much as I do, and maybe more like during the Great Depression, the reason so many people came out with fire doing amazing projects is that they turned their difficulty into what I call a library in a sanctuary. A library of learning more in a sanctuary of getting even more healed and becoming more whole.
Oh, I love that. I love that. So you wrote to strive for the magical, and this is beautiful. To strive for the magical is to be filled with the notion of an uncommon dream.
Yes.
And that's different from the norm. It's like you. When I watched that interview, that's how I first saw you, was the interview.
Yes.
Popped up on my phone with Oprah, and it was mesmerizing for me. And I think that oftentimes the business owners have these amazing dreams, but there's still that voice that says, yeah, but that's not really going to happen.
Yes.
What would you say to help them to just. To step into that. To step into that uncommon dream?
Okay, great question. So I think you have to go from believing in this magical lifestyle. So I believe it. But the second thing that you're really describing is, do they expect it? So I think a lot of you believe in magic, but do you expect it for your own life? I mean, you might expect it for an actor, you know, or a friend, you know, or a colleague, you know, but do you expect it for yourself? And so what you need to do to get to the point where you expect it is that you need to feed your faith that you know what, life is good for. Me, too. It's like if they order something from Amazon and it's supposed to come the next day, you know what they're going to do? They're going to peek out their door and see if it showed up. So that's how they should be about the things that they're believing for. They should check and wait for their arrival.
Expect it. Expect it. Don't just hope for it. I mean, hope's a beautiful word, but sometimes hopes, like. Like you're just. You're not quite sure it's going to happen.
Yes.
Expecting it is a whole other level.
Can I tell you what I see in you is you constantly lean forward. If you watch a runner in the Olympics, mostly in the shorter distances, when they're coming across the finish line, watch what they do. They lean expecting to win. Look, they lean. And I'm talking to everybody. Make sure you're not somebody like this, which I did not see this out of anybody. Don't be this person. Watch. I'm an actor. You're not going to get anything like that. You've got to lean forward. Let's all lean forward just for a second. Just lean. You got to lean forward and say, okay, life, okay, Universe. Okay. God, I'm ready for what's going to happen. And people that lean forward are the people that get stuff. How true is that?
Oh, my gosh. I love it. This is going to be our new stance.
This is it. Look at me leaning forward in the midst of everything that I got. It's like 111 million degrees outside, people. I'm still leaning forward. Little Timmy from Compton, with all the success I've got now, I'm still leaning forward because I'm just getting started, just like you.
We're leaning forward. I love it. You see this man everywhere. He's got so much energy. But here's the thing, too. When you, when you, you came from these humble beginnings in Compton.
Yeah.
You knew that you were meant for more. There had to have been along the way where you had to say, I'm cutting ties with people that are. It's not healthy.
Yes.
It's not serving me. And I know that we have a hard time doing that. Who here has a hard time setting boundaries with the people that are not lifting you up? What advice can you say to that?
Okay, so I think, number one, you always have to be fair because some people just don't get it. So even in your childhood, there's probably some friends, if I went with you and your husband to your next high school reunion, they're gonna say like, oh, my gosh, I totally did not believe it was gonna happen. Sorry, I did a Kardashian. Yeah, I think it was Courtney. I just did. But anyway, I think that, number one, you have to be fair with people. And secondly, you have to be friendly. So you're firm, you're fair, you're friendly, you're firm, you're fair and you're friendly, but you have to be firm. I am a pro at being firm. But you don't even know that I'm keeping you right there. Because when you do what I do and what you do, there's so many people wanting our energy. No, man, it could mess me up big time. So be friendly, be fair, but be firm. Just don't text them back as much. Don't make yourself available for all day excursion. Maybe do like a 30 minute Starbucks run with them.
Yeah, it's true. I know, too. Like when I'm in a place of I need to study and I'm focusing, you know, and there's that person that calls you that just likes to talk and on and on. It's kind of the same conversation. And you love them, but you're in the Zone.
Yes.
You know, and I. I saw an interview with Lady Gaga, and she said that she doesn't take any calls from family or anything. When she's in that creative zone, she can totally protects herself.
You have to.
Yeah.
Yes.
Let's talk about. So let's talk about this idea that Asking for help. Because a lot of times people feel that I should know this. It is a weakness to ask for help. And you also. You talk about having a corner man.
Yes.
Which I love that. Can you talk about that? This. This idea? Because I really think that holds people back to think that you have to have all the answers.
I love where you're going with this because I asked for help every week of my life. Like, I only know so much about, like, certain currencies that are new, that are coming out. So I'm not gonna act like I know it all, because I go to these, like, dinners with fancy people, and they're like, so, Tim, what do you think about? And I'm like, I have no idea. You know what? So maybe they'll look at me like, oh, Mr. Everything, Mr. Beverly Hills, he doesn't know this. Who cares? I don't know. Explain it. Or sometimes they'll give me an acronym about something. I go, I have no idea what you just talked about. Well, that's a division of Nassau. Like, and I'm supposed to know. Okay. So I think, number one, that don't be so proud to, you know, say, I don't know. Me not knowing has helped me to know. Is that powerful? Yes. If I don't know about something, I ask these giants I hang out with, or I'll read a book or I'll watch one of your shows or one of your podcasts, and then you get to know more. Let's talk about the corner man real quick. Every one of us needs somebody in our corner. Like, the corner man idea is if you're a boxer. So Muhammad Ali had one of the best cornermen of all time named Angelo Dundee, and Dundee used to say to Ali, man, keep your. Keep your hands up, or, man, George Foreman's coming at you. He's hitting you a lot in. In the gut. It's tiring you. So everybody needs somebody in the corner that cares enough about you to show you even some of your blind spots. How powerful is that? Right?
Yes.
We all need a corner man or two or corner woman.
Yeah. Because we don't see it. We do have blind spots. Right. And that's what. That's why I have a mentor. That's why? I'm in a mastermind. That's why we do this for our clients.
Yes.
Because we're so close to it emotionally, we don't see other solutions.
Exactly. And the idea of all these people watching, which is so amazing, is. Is that could you imagine one little shift that you could help give them could change the outcome of their battle. So you're all in a battle. I don't know if you guys knew that. Did you guys know you're in some kind of a battle? You know, life is out there. You're going through something, whether it's a financial one, an emotional one, a mental challenge, something with your mother aging, your father aging, you aging. Something. But if you get the right advice, it could shift. It could shift the way the battle ends. It could shift the whole thing.
Yeah. Wow. Well, I am so inspired and so fired up because we still have another day and a half left. What are any. Anything else you want to share with them before we.
I want to say that thank goodness for you, and I'm so glad I met you, and I think we're going to do a lot of great projects together. But I'm thankful for your focus. And I think a lot of people would look at you and just think, oh, she's just driven. No, what you are doing is answering your call. And so you're obedient to the high call that's been put on your life, and you're focused. And because of that, look at all these people that show up for you constantly. And everybody that I say that I know you and that we're becoming friends, they applaud you. So I am grateful and thankful for you to let me be a part of your world today and to serve your group.
Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. Well, you and I met because of Kat Sullivan.
Yes.
And you all know Kat Sullivan.
Amazing.
Is a pinnacle member.
Amazing.
And came to actually. And that's how the idea of Tassie came. And so I went to her when she was launching this. This software, which came out of participating in this event, sat at a table to celebrate her. And look who I sat next to at the table. The power of relationships. You all need to connect. So now we're connected. And this is just the beginning. We want to bring Tim's story back, don't we? Let's all give him a hand. Oh, my goodness. Thank you. Thank you.
So what a priority.
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