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The Kevin Miller Podcast

Options For Success Without Having To Be In The Spotlight w/ Team Building Expert Tim Schurrer

The Kevin Miller Podcast

Kevin Miller

Education, Relationships, How To, Social Sciences, Nutrition, Life Sciences, Spirituality, Medicine, Religion & Spirituality, Science, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

We are in a culture where it seems success is about being in the spotlight. Everyone must be a content creator. Everyone must become a known personality. Everyone must grow a platform, be on stage, and perform. But I don’t find this strategy tenable or reasonable. Not for everyone. I feel we are treating business like baseball and telling everyone they must be the pitcher. Baseball works because of the value of the entire team, not just one position. So I’m bringing back a conversation with Tim Schurrer. Tim spent a decade working as COO with renowned spiritual author and now business leader, Donald Miller, who I’ve had on this podcast multiple times. Tim helped launch Storybrand and then Business Made Simple, with Don, and while Don had the spotlight, Tim ran the business and built and led the team that made it all possible. Before that Tim worked at TOMS as well as Apple Inc.. Tim authored a book titled, The Secret Society of Success: Stop Chasing The Spotlight And Learn To Enjoy Your Work [And Life] Again. He hosts the Build a Winning Team podcast, where he offers listeners actionable advice as he interviews some of the top leaders in business. We talk about the far greater opportunity for success and fulfillment, outside the spotlight and off the stage. Find Tim at buildawinningteam.com/ Sign up for your $1/month trial period at shopify.com/kevin Go to shipstation.com and use code KEVIN to start your free trial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome. I'm Kevin Miller. This is a podcast for your personal evolution. In this episode,

0:06.8

options for success without having to be in the spotlight. So we're in a culture where it seems

0:13.0

success is about being in the spotlight. If you have a message you want to bring forth, a way

0:19.9

you want to help people, then you've got to be in

0:23.4

the spotlight. Everyone must be a content creator. Everyone must become a known personality.

0:28.8

Everyone must grow a platform and be on stage and perform. But I just don't find the strategy

0:34.1

tenable or reasonable, not for everyone. I feel we're treating business kind of like baseball and telling everyone they've got to be

0:42.4

the pitcher if you want to play.

0:44.6

Baseball works because of the value of an entire team, not just one position.

0:49.0

So I'm bringing back a conversation with Tim Scherer.

0:53.0

Tim spent a decade working as C.O. with renowned spiritual

0:57.5

author, formerly, spiritual author, and now business leader Donald Miller, who I've had on the

1:02.5

podcast, I don't know, two or three times now. But Tim helped launch story brand and then

1:08.0

business made simple with Don Miller. And while Don had the spotlight, Tim ran the business and built and led the team that made it all

1:16.2

possible. Before that, Tim did similar things working with Tom's, you know, his Tom's shoes,

1:22.5

as well as Apple. Tim authored a book titled to the Secret Society of Success, Stop Chasing the Spotlight,

1:29.8

and learn to enjoy your work, and in quotes, and life again.

1:34.7

He hosts the Build a Winning Team podcast where he talks about these concepts and offers

1:40.1

listeners actionable advice as he interviews a lot of the top leaders in business talking about

1:45.7

this issue of not everyone being in the spotlight. So we talk about really, I think, far greater

1:52.0

opportunities for success in fulfillment outside the spotlight and off the stage. You can find Tim

1:58.7

Scherer anywhere if you type his name in, but his website is

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