TL;DL - Breaking the Chief Everything Officer Trap with Michael Gardon

Summary:

This episode features a "Too Long, Didn't Listen" (TLDL) summary of my conversation with Michael Gardon, three-time entrepreneur and CEO of Rejoin Coaching who helps people break their limiting relationship with work. Michael transformed from a "type A madman" chasing corporate success to building a multimillion-dollar business while becoming what he calls a "full stack human."

Key insights include his counterintuitive principle that time sovereignty must precede financial freedom, why saying yes to everything destroys your professional value through basic supply and demand economics, and his revolutionary advantage mapping framework that goes beyond Warren Buffett's circle of competence. Michael also reveals the hidden costs of compartmentalization and how integration as a full stack human creates better flow, creativity, and life satisfaction than rigid work-life boundaries.

Show Notes: 

01:31 The Trap of Being a Yes Person

03:04 Advantage Mapping Framework

04:53 From Compartmentalization to Integration

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