Todd Palmer is the founder, president and "chief rulebreaker" of Extraordinary Advisors, a consulting firm that helps businesses optimize their success and even brings some back from the brink of bankruptcy. His company has been named to the Inc. 5000 list six times, butTodd believes his primary purpose in life is to help his clients keep their business goals in sync with their personal dreams.

In this episode, Todd explains why he walked away from his CEO role, why work-life integration should take precedence for us, and how Twitter can bring out the worst in all of us.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS EPISODE:

(2:22) - What led Todd to walk away from the corporate world and go out on his own?

(3:37) - How running a smaller company helped Todd become a different kind of CEO.

(5:52) - Reconciling the struggle between being the CEO and wanting to work on his own terms.

(7:57) - How Todd runs his business on a daily basis and makes the most of his time.

(9:59) - What being a single dad taught Todd about running his own company.

(12:08) - Why Todd chose work-life integration over work-life balance.

(15:37) - Developing the right mindset for integrating work and personal life in the way Todd has been able to.

(17:48) - Why we have to know about the lowest point in Todd’s career to understand the highest.

(19:38) - What you will need to add, throw out, and improve to fix your business when times are tough.

(22:59) - Todd plays Rapid Fire and breaks down the problem with egocentric social media success.

(27:09) - What Todd would do differently if he had to start Extraordinary Advisors all over again.

(27:56) - His biggest piece of advice for would-be entrepreneurs looking to get into the game.

TWEETABLES:

“My purpose is to improve lives, and I want to improve the lives with everybody I interact with.”

“Listen to absorb. Don't listen to respond.”

“It's not a matter of 'if you fail,' it's going to be 'when you fail and how do you pick yourself back up?'”

“I want to help people truly break through so that their business goals align with their personal goals and you create that connection of development."

“Whatever I have is something they want to plug into so they can grow their businesses.”

“Work with people and create a set of intentions vs. expectations.”

“Sometimes the best ideas come from the collective, not from the solo.”

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Extraordinary Advisors - http://extraordinaryadvisors.com/

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