Cut The Tie | Define Success on Your Own Terms
- Cut The Tie Podcast -
Define success on your terms — and "Cut The Tie" to whatever is holding you back.
Cut The Tie is not just a podcast; it's a movement. Hosted by Thomas Helfrich, this highly impactful show features short-form interviews with remarkable individuals who share how they redefined success by boldly cutting ties with fear, doubt, bad habits, toxic environments, and limiting beliefs. You'll hear exactly what they cut, how they did it, what it felt like, and how their lives — and the lives of those around them — changed forever.
Each episode is inspirational, motivational, and — most importantly — actionable. You'll gain real strategies and mindset shifts you can immediately apply to your own life and career.
Plus, every day, Thomas drops solo short-form episodes designed to fire you up, challenge your thinking, and remind you that the only thing standing between you and your potential... is the tie you need to cut.
Join our free community at facebook.com/groups/cutthetie to connect with others on the same journey, and subscribe to our growing YouTube channel with over 1 million subscribers at youtube.com/@cutthetie.
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Cut The Tie | Define Success on Your Own Terms
"Entrepreneurship? It's Like Squid Game" a humorous solo episode by your host, Thomas Helfrich
Cut The Tie Podcast with Thomas Helfrich
In this special solo episode, Thomas Helfrich lays out the wild reality of leaving corporate life and jumping headfirst into entrepreneurship—through the lens of a chaotic, hilarious, and brutally honest "Squid Game" analogy. If you’ve ever thought about quitting your job or building your own thing, this episode pulls no punches on what the journey really looks like.
In this episode, Thomas shares:
- Round One: The "I Quit" Moment
When the realization hits that corporate life feels more like Squid Game—where "mandatory fun" is torture and OKRs are slow death—the dangerous words "I quit" change everything. - Round Two: Entrepreneur Mode Activated
The thrill (and terror) of updating your LinkedIn title to "Founder" while everyone around you quietly panics on your behalf. - Round Three: Red Light, Green Light
Freedom comes at the cost of no paycheck, no PTO, and a new coworker (your cat) judging your every move. - Round Four: The Glass Bridge of Growth
Each sale feels like a miracle, each rejection feels like a gut punch, but you keep taking step after terrifying step forward. - Final Round: The Realization
Entrepreneurship isn’t a highlight reel—it’s a chaotic, gritty, beautiful mess. You’re building something real—and it’s yours.
Key Takeaways:
- Entrepreneurship is Panic in Private, Not Glory in Public
It’s late nights, heavy doubts, and random Googling—and it’s worth it. - Your Only Safety Net is Grit
There’s no cheat code, no easy button. Just resilience, messy action, and a whole lot of coffee. - Messy Beats Perfect
Your "Google Doc full of chaos" is more valuable than the perfect plan you never execute. - Freedom Costs More but Feels Better
Leaving comfort for chaos is terrifying—but the trade is authenticity, growth, and a life you actually own.
"In entrepreneurship, there's no safety net, no cheat code, and no epidural. Just grit, growth, and a Google Doc full of chaos." — Thomas Helfrich
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Cut the tie to anything holding you back from success. Welcome to the Cut the Tie podcast. Hi. I'm your host, Thomas Helfrich. And in each episode, we bring you real entrepreneurs that really overcame challenges on their journey to become successful. We look at the impact, the moment, how it affected everything in their lives. Follow us on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube. Now let's meet our guest on Cut the Tie podcast. At some point, your corporate job stops being a career path and starts feeling like squid game, middle management edition. You sit through another meeting that could have been an email. You smile during the latest mandatory fun team building event. You update your OKRs while your soul quietly files for unemployment. Then one day, clarity strikes. You look around, take a deep breath, and say the two most dangerous words in corporate life, I quit. Round one, shock and HR denial. Your manager looks like you just unplugged your life support, and HR stares blankly. They offer a 3% raise and a new title with no budget in the honor of leading the diversity committee. Lightly decline. You've chosen danger over dental insurance. Round two, entrepreneur mode activated. You've updated your LinkedIn title of founder, consultant, visionary. Some call it brave. Others just call it unemployment. Your aunt calls it a phase, and your uncle says it's a midlife crisis. You call it freedom. You're chasing the grand prize, fame, fortune, and maybe fulfillment. And, yes, the faint you hear it? That's either purpose, a panic attack, or the doom of entrepreneurial death, and you have to go back to the cubicle. Round three. Red light, green light. Green light, no more one on ones, no more performance reviews, and no more per my last emails. Red light, no paycheck, No PTO. And your cat is your new accountability partner. You work from your kitchen table. You put yourself on Zoom from the bathroom, and you drink coffee like it's a coping mechanism. One wrong move, and it's back to a cubicle with a reusable water bottle and broken dreams. Round four, the glass bridge of growth. You launch, you post, you pitch. You get your first customer and then your second. You build a product, a brand, a system, while also googling how to build a brand, product, and system. Each sale is truly a small miracle, and each no feels like a spiritual punch in the nuts. But somehow, you keep stepping it forward. Final round, the realization. You've traded stability for something much messier and far more meaningful. You're broke, tired, inspired, and suddenly very familiar with Canva. It's not just a lead. It's a birth. It's not the cute rom com kind either. This is entrepreneurial birth. You're screaming. You're sweating. You're questioning everything while simultaneously being the newborn, naked, confused, entirely dependent. You look up and around and all around you. Everyone smiles and hands you a Stripe link. They're glad to teach you how to walk, talk, and do all the things you need to for about a thousand bucks. You're swaddled into imposter syndrome, clutching a latte like it's oxygen, and yet you wouldn't trade this for anything. What's the moral of the story? Entrepreneurship isn't glamorous. It's not the build in public. It's panic and private, but it's yours. And it beats pretending your Slack status is your personality. So stay bold, stay caffeinated, and remember, in the entrepreneur game, there's no safety net, no cheat code, and no epidural. Just grit, growth, and a Google Doc full of chaos. Thank you for joining us on this episode of Cut the Time. Let's stay connected. Please hit that follow button on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube. And if you're ready to advance your entrepreneurial journey even further, join our free community at facebook.com/groups/cutthetie. Cut the tie to everything holding you back from success.
