Tim Storey
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916 appearances
4 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 29 Sep
Tim Storey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And he told me that he had problems with being schizophrenic and had somebody had stolen his stuff, like his backpack. And in there was his medication. So he didn't know where he was. And I said, are you hearing voices? And he said, yes. I said, don't put yourself down. I said, this is what I do for a living. We're going to get it. You're going to be okay.
It's not your fault that you're not taking your medicine. So I said, what's your mother's phone number? And this is so powerful. And he goes, I don't know. I said, well, what state are you from? So he tells me the state. And I'm really good with area codes. So I go like this. OK, I'm going to call your mom. True story. So I get my phone. I hold it up. And I go, OK, area code is.
And I went, bam, bam, bam. I was right in the first three because I know that state. So I said, boom, boom, boom. And then out of nowhere, he goes, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. It gives me the rest of the number. True story. So I call this number. A lady answers the phone. She says, hello. I said, miss, I said, this is Tim's story. This is God's honest truth.
I said this in front of Oprah Winfrey when I spoke for her at UCLA for Super Soul Sessions with Deepak Chopra watching me, Brene Brown and everybody else. The lady said, Tim Story, the minister? I say, yes. I mean, think about how big the world is. It's almost 8 billion people. I looked again four days ago. It's almost 8 billion people. For her to say that, and I go, yes.
And she goes, well, what happened? I said, I have your son. And she just starts weeping. She says, we thought we had lost him. We thought he was dead. I said, no, he's right here with me. This is one of my favorite stories ever because he was lost. She was lost because he was lost. And it took somebody that was awake and that had been through his own pain to say, hey, I got this.
So we ended up bringing him into a facility that I was connected to. getting him on the right track, getting him a doctor. A family member came a few days later, about three days later, and I wanted him to stay two days longer in this facility. We put the family member up in a hotel until he was ready to travel. Changed their life forever.
I felt it was somebody's son. So it was some man's son or some woman's son. And that's how I see people. Like there's a guy close to my house that's homeless and he just walks around. He gets mad at me. And I pull over next to him. I did it again like three days ago. And then I give him money. And then I have my talk and he goes, when are you going to get off my back? I'm not going into shelter.
I go, this, I didn't even say anything about a shelter. I was just telling you how nice the weather is. But why do I keep pulling over? Because that's somebody's son. Or if I'm helping somebody, a lady, it's somebody's daughter.
I think it's a great buildup and then great question. I think it's this idea of being true to yourself first. and truly being authentic. And you know, that word is almost overused nowadays, but authenticity is really a powerful thing.
And I think what happens is a lot of these creatives that I'm around, which would be people that they would know, they started their craft many times with the right motives, because they wanted to create, whether it was music or film or whatever they do, fashion, whatever they do, models. But then they got caught up in stuff, the system and being a celebrity.
But here's what I teach a lot of young kids in schools, because I go speak at these schools for free and they get excited because I know all these people. And I say that a lot of people want to be celebrities. I said, but you are a celebrity. A celebrity means to be celebrated. And you just have to find the right people that are celebrating you.
And so when you learn to celebrate yourself and realize that there are some good people that celebrate you, then you won't have such a hunger and a thirst for that other stuff. So I think the key is to be authentic, to be yourself, and to be really great at your craft.
Great observation and great research. And I get interviewed by everybody. You're good. So When I was a kid, I saw a lot of my relatives getting very dramatic. Like my aunt would get mad because somebody in her family drank too much or this happened or that didn't happen or this took place. And then I went to school and I saw a lot of dramatic people and I started watching them.
And I thought, this is not paying off for them. There's three primary ways people learn. The three primary ways is education. Second is conversation. Third is observation. So I am like a phenomenal observationalist. All my friends go like, Tim's story's the best. I can come in and read a room, see where I should sit, who to talk to, who not to talk to.
A star, I can meet with them, and one day they're super happy. Three days later, bad mood. I read the mood, so I know what to do. I know what to do, okay? Observation, okay?
So this whole thing about don't become dramatic in the midst of the drama, I noticed that being dramatic did not help things, whether people argued or fought with a policeman because he gave him a ticket or got in a terrible mood because of what was happening in the weather. So I decided to play things down, just play them down, just play them down.
and play them down to a place where I can then say, okay, really, what is my inventory? What am I really dealing with? And become a sensible thinker and really make better choices and decisions. So thank you for your observation. I'm known for this. In fact, one creative that you would love says this about me. She says, Tim Story,
walks around life like he has jazz music, cool jazz music playing in his mind.
The good jazz music, not the stuff that goes everywhere.
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