Give Up Multitasking & Get Fully Present—with Todd Palmer- EP003

Think you’re a Rockstar at multitasking? As Todd Palmer explains, it’s scientifically impossible to do two things at once. When you’re simultaneously responding to a work email and talking to your partner, your brain is moving back and forth and back and forth and back and forth… And you’re not fully present in either pursuit.

Todd is the Founder and Chief Rulebreaker at Extraordinary Advisors, a coaching firm that helps CEOs, entrepreneurs and executive leadership teams turnaround or scale their businesses. Prior to Extraordinary Advisors, he spent 25 years at the helm of Diversified Industrial Staffing, a recruiting company that specializes in representing and placing skilled trade professionals and high-end machinists. Todd is committed improving lives and approaching each day with authenticity, transparency and vulnerability.

On this episode of Destined to Be, Todd joins us to explain how a coach helped him save his recruiting business, taking it from $600K in the red to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies (six times!). He introduces us to the idea of trading temporary happiness for a sustainable sense of satisfaction and shares how he achieved work-life integration as a single dad and entrepreneur. Listen in for Todd’s insight around being fully present and listening to absorb—and learn to manage your time according to what’s really important to you!

Key Takeaways

How a coach helped Todd go from $600K in debt to the Inc. 5000

The value of a coach who is actively engaged in lifelong learning

Why happiness is impossible to maintain but satisfaction is doable

Todd’s and/both vs. either/or approach to work-life integration

How Todd responds to people who feel like they don’t have time

Why the ability to multitask is scientifically impossible

How to manage your time according to what’s important to you

The reframe of success as doing what you want when you want

Todd’s strategies for listening to absorb and be fully present

How Todd works to be authentic, transparent and vulnerable

Connect with Todd

Extraordinary Advisors

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Resources

Diversified Industrial Staffing

Entrepreneurs’ Organization

SuperSmartHealth

Tony Robbins

Simon Sinek