Tim Sweetman

It's back.

Do you love this or hate it at Starbucks?

We have implemented this year an even more intense "Everyone Has a Metric" framework. Easy to assign, more difficult to support.

I am interested to hear what everyone's accountability cadence looks like for your employees.

What does it mean to "venture differently"?

Andrew Clark shares how combining faith, excellence, and long-term thinking transforms businesses.

Watch the Tension Podcast and share your take! 🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri1...

How to Get Truly Healthy and Break Free This Year:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3B...

My conversation with C12 CEO Mike Sharrow:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtW...

Let the References Speak

The Hidden Science of Reference Checks: Why Most People Do Them Wrong (And How to Do Them Right)

www.timsweetman.com/p/let-the-r...

What is enough for you?

When is enough work done in a day? 

When is enough accomplished in a week? 

When is enough money made for yourself? 

Where is enough time devoted to others or to yourself?

“The person who is in the position to forgive is the one who will win.” --. @thejamiewinship.

"The most important truths in life are very simple; they’re just hard to accept and live out."

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Old resource I stumbled across buried in my Apple Notes.

The TED Talk MBA - Complete Video List:

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Have to shout out and support my wife's new venture as a certified IPSP® sleep consultant. She can help you get your kids to sleep. It's incredible to see!

If you're interested in talking to her, she launched a website and is beginning to take clients:

www.renewed.rest/

Really appreciate everyone who listened (and watched) in 2024.

Doubling down on what I hope is high-value and high production content in 2025.

www.timsweetman.com/podcast

“It’s generally human nature to overestimate risk and underestimate opportunity.”

- Jeff Bezos

“If you empower employees to take decisions as agents of the customer, it energizes them and makes them feel in command.”

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Tom Brady on Process Over Outcomes:

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These values from Sator Grove's @buhrman_rick and @PaulBuser are just so good and worth revisiting often:

"People are like musical instruments. And the range of notes they can play is dependent on the range of tensions that they’ve learned to hold."

— Graham Duncan

Looking back, one of the most important personal decisions of 2024 was selling this watch.

Intentional Inefficiency:

https://www.timsweetman.com/p/intentional-inefficiency

“He thought that having more would make him able to live more.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adLUDVjwMEc

Taking the next 30 days as a sabbath from social media. Only scheduled posts will go out.

I’m stepping back to focus on what matters most—family, faith, and creating with purpose.

Sometimes, to hear what’s essential, we have to embrace stillness. See you soon.

Would love to connect on this, learn more, or hear if I could add any value.

Jayber Crow Amazon.com: Jayber Crow: 9781582431604: Berry, Wendell: Libros

I finished Jayber Crow last night.

I set the book down, and I wept, for quite a while.

I then texted and thanked @jaminjantz.

Go read this book: amzn.to/3Oo2Zkw

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It's so user friendly and easy to implement.

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6️⃣ Expense Tracking: Auto-captures receipts, organizes them for bookkeeping.

5️⃣ Notes & Recaps: Summarizes meetings + tracks weekly to-dos in Google Docs.

4️⃣ Meeting Prep: Sends detailed briefs on attendees w/ LinkedIn + past interactions.

3️⃣ Scheduling: Cc Lindy, and it handles back-and-forths to find meeting times.

2️⃣ Reply Drafting: Auto-writes emails w/ prompts like “Be succinct yet gracious.” Huge time-saver!

1️⃣ Email Triage: Labels emails (Important, Spam, Receipts). Customizable & accurate.