Time is a Tool

How to Scale Your Company 10x Faster

By: Benjamin Hardy, Blake Erickson

Narrated by: Benjamin Hardy, Blake Erickson, Joseph Nguyen

What if everything you thought about time was wrong—and the key to scaling your company faster isn’t more hustle, but a radical shift in how you relate to time itself?

In this groundbreaking audio original from organizational psychologist Dr. Benjamin Hardy and entrepreneur Blake Erickson, you’ll learn how elite performers, visionary founders, and world-class teams move faster by thinking differently.

Features an exclusive interview with #1 international bestselling author Joseph Nguyen, who shares how he met a seemingly impossible deadline using this exact tool!

Drawing from cutting-edge psychology, business strategy, and real-world experience scaling companies, Dr. Hardy and Erickson deliver a mind-expanding playbook to help you slow time down, filter the noise, and accelerate results. Whether you're a founder, team leader, or high-performer in growth mode, this is the reset your calendar—and your company—has been waiting for.

You’ll Learn:

• Why your future is the ultimate filter for decision-making—and how to build a future so compelling it reshapes your present.
• How to manipulate the “speed of time” to generate 10, 20, even 30 years of growth in a fraction of the time.
• The power of extreme deadlines to eliminate inefficiency, boost clarity, and surface the crux that unlocks exponential momentum.
• Strategies to duplicate your time by leveraging other people’s knowledge, resources, and networks for faster scaling.
• How to master your past so it fuels your growth rather than holding you back.
• Real-world examples from Joseph Nguyen and other high-performing entrepreneurs.

Let’s Be Clear:
This isn’t time management. It’s time mastery.
And when you learn to use time as a tool, you don’t just get more done—you create a future that pulls you forward with unstoppable force.
Get ready to bend time, scale faster, and operate from a whole new level. Your 10x leap starts now.

Tracks:
Title
Chapter 1 Your Future is the Tool to Filter Your Present
Case Study: How Alicia Ault 1,000x’d Her Clients in 90 Days
Chapter 2 The Speed of Your Time
Case Study: How Greg Cini 10x’d His Net Worth in 18 Months, at Age 55
Chapter 3 Use Extreme Deadlines As A Tool
Case Study: How Xavier Martine Reached His 10-Year Goal in 3-Years
Chapter 4 Duplicate Your Time to Scale Faster
Case Study: How Joseph Nguyen Free’d Himself from Limitations
Chapter 5 Utilize Your Past as a Tool, Not a Trap
Conclusion
Credits

A Revolutionary Way to See and Use Time

Time Is a Tool completely reframed how I think about time. Instead of treating it as a clock ticking forward, the authors show how time can be a lens, a tool, even a measure of distance. The future—not the past—is the most powerful filter for shaping your present, and that one shift changes everything.

The case studies and principles are unforgettable: “wormholes” that can accelerate decades of progress into years, extreme deadlines that unlock hidden potential, and the idea of “deep time” where you cover more distance in less time. I kept finding myself writing down lines like, “The future is a draft. The past is a draft.”

This isn’t abstract theory—it’s practical, challenging, and immediately usable. If you want to move faster, WAY faster toward your goals, while actually slowing down time and increasing its value, this book is a bonafide must-listen.

Pure gold

I felt like The Science of Scaling blew my mind. This follow-up audio book has so muc

Inspiring

Liked the examples and the psychology of using time as a tool. Like the training on how to utilize the past and future when setting goals.

A must read for all people stuck in life!

This book gave me the courage to make the hard decisions in my life that were painful (cutting acitvites, long term relationships, etc) but ultimately led to pure freedom and peace from a cluttered and drained mind. With so much more clarity, joy and serenity now, I'm excited to pursue my true why and purpose in life. Thank you!

New concepts

Love insights on time and the past. Deadlines concepts are great and reviewing the tape